On the recordJune 12, 2015
Today I rise in support of trade promotion authority because I am a conservative who believes trade creates jobs and opportunity. In my district, farmers grow corn and soybeans and sell them all over the world. Factory workers, like my mom, build faucets, cars, forklifts, and caskets and sell them all over the world. {time} 1230 Trade allows that to happen. When the American worker gets a chance to compete on a level playing field, we win. That is why we need trade agreements. The truth is, under the policies of this administration, paychecks are shrinking. For many workers, there is more month than money as they struggle to pay their bills. Killing this legislation does nothing to help those workers. In fact, it would only make their situation worse. Trade-related jobs pay better. And when 95 percent of the Earth's population lives outside the United States, we can't afford to pull up the drawbridges and shut out the rest of the world. That is not smart policy, and it won't help the American worker. Let's grow our economy. Let's secure good-paying jobs. And let's make sure the American worker leads this century just like we did the last.
