We are going to do this. We kept the faith. We followed the convictions and the experience of Presidents going all the way back to the 1930's. So I close simply by quoting again, Senator Dole in his fine op-ed piece in yesterday's Washington Post: The decision to give the President fast-track authority is urgent and must be made now. Very simply, passing fast track is the right thing to do. Our Nation's future prosperity, the good jobs that will provide a living for our children and grandchildren, will be created through international trade. Today it is more important than ever that the debate between advocates of free trade and protectionism is over. Global trade is a fact of life rather than a policy position. That is why we cannot cede leadership in developing markets to our competitors through inaction, thereby endangering America's economic future and abandoning our responsibility to lead as the sole remaining superpower.
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Discussing the importance of fast-track authority for international trade.
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