Rand Paul actually said...

In essence, here is my objection. No. 1, it is an apples and oranges ratcheting of Senate bill 811 to title VII.

It is time for the advocates of these agreements to talk in terms of the size of our trade deficit, which is the largest in history.

I look forward to the day when we have balanced trade. If we had balanced trade, we would have a labor shortage in this country, and rising ...

It is simply absurd to think that we have to take bad trade policy that is temporary and say we have improved it by making it permanent.