Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I come to the floor frustrated--frustrated by the fact that it has been 327 days since President Trump signed the USMCA, and the House has done nothing to take it up. It is not because the House hasn't had time. They have found time to do a lot of things, like continue on their partisan expedition toward impeaching the President. They passed a bill without a pay raise for our troops, spent a lot of ``energy'' on the Green New Deal, and one Member of the House took the time to show the world she was frightened by her garbage disposal. The question is, What is preventing Congress from getting the USMCA done? From Humboldt County all the way to Hamburg, IA, at my townhall meetings or during a visit to a small business or manufacturing plants and everywhere in between, I have been hearing one thing consistently and across the board: Iowans want the USMCA now. These hard-working folks know the impact the USMCA will have on Iowa's economy and the U.S. economy as a whole. There is no reason Iowans should be waiting in limbo for this agreement to be ratified. This trade agreement is a win for the American people, plain and simple. Mexico has already ratified the deal, and Canada is well on their way. Our trade partners are ready. The United States-Mexico- Canada Agreement is about modernizing a trade deal with two of our closest allies that would grow more than 175,000 jobs across this country. NAFTA was ratified in 1994.…”