"I think that, for a very long time, regular people, ordinary Americans and workers, have felt disconnected from our trade policies."
"If confirmed, that I would bring the focus of what I spoke about earlier with Senator Cardin, about the emphasis on good governance."
"I appreciated your picking up on that point I made when we were having discussions with respect to trade really being about expanding the winner's circle."
"I think that our trade policies need to be nuanced and need to take into account all of the lessons that we have learned--many of them very painful--from our most recent history."
"I will be very interested in being part of the administration's conversation with Congress about what we do in our whole-of-government approach to addressing this question."
"The creation of the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative... is a creation of Congress."
"I want to reinforce your description of the relationship and the partnership that is required between the administration and Congress on trade as a constitutional and legal matter."
"If you can grow it at home, and make it at home, and add value to it at home--which so often helps to boost wages, which is hugely important in America--then you expand the winner's circle."
"A worker-centered trade policy starts by ensuring workers have a seat at the table."
"Trade policy will be an essential component of the fight against COVID-19, the economic recovery, and the Build Back Better agenda."