Timothy Roemer: “we cast a lot of votes in this body that are oftentimes quickly forgotten, but tomorrow we will cast one that will be…”

“we cast a lot of votes in this body that are oftentimes quickly forgotten, but tomorrow we will cast one that will be indelibly etched in the history books, whether or not this Congress supports the current status quo of too many human rights abuses and too many trade deficits with China or whether we want to change that policy. I will vote for permanent trade with China because it benefits America. We do not want to support the status quo with China. Just Friday, the European Union negotiated a new agreement with China where they will get certain benefits to get into those markets in China. Under this agreement, America does not open its markets one bit more to China; but we pry open markets for telecommunications, agriculture, manufacturing, and across the board. Our policy, Mr. Speaker, should be to pry open and penetrate those markets so that we export products, not jobs.”