09/13/2023
https://congress.gov...
"During the Obama recovery the stock market tripled, household net worth nearly doubled, unemployment was cut in half, trade deficits were reduced, and inflation was kept low."
"The reaction to a default, a potential default, has been huge."
"I have long viewed that the failure of free trade deals to address currency manipulation was probably their most significant shortcoming and the major reason I haven't supported them."
"I think this is--actually, it really comes from the Peterson Institute, the thought behind it. And when I saw this, I just thought this is something we can and should do."