Political Quotes

“I thank the chairman for yielding. America is talking so much now, and there's such a need right now for jobs. There is such a need. Over 9 percent of this country is begging every day for the opportunity to go out and work and earn a living. We have a middle class that is feeling the squeeze because we see disappearing manufacturing. And that's something I'm very concerned about. In my district in Illinois, we have a very heavy manufacturing base, and when you look at that heavy manufacturing base and the fact that they produce a lot of goods that need to be exported, you have to find a consumer base in order to sell it, and 95 percent of the world's consumers live outside of our country. It would only make sense to create an environment where we can take our goods and in a fair way export them to other countries. Panama, an ally of the United States, currently has a situation where they can charge tariffs on our imports and we don't charge tariffs on imports from them. {time} 2120 This agreement would bring that to a level playing field and allow the people in my district, who literally sweat every day wondering if they're going to have a paycheck tomorrow, the opportunity to enhance their exports, to enhance those American goods that are made in America, but it's great for somebody in the other country to read the product that they buy that also says ``Made in America,'' too. We have a heavy agricultural district in my area, too.…”