On the recordSeptember 7, 2011
I am prepared to close at this point if the gentleman has no further speakers. Mr. McDERMOTT. I have no other speakers, so I will close on our side. Mr. Speaker, I expect this bill will pass in 5 minutes without a vote against it. This bill could be law by tomorrow at noon if the Senate would act, and I hope that my colleagues on the other side will do as we will do on this side, which is to contact our colleagues in the Senate and ask them this time, put it up and move it. Now, if they don't, all you can say is this was a trial balloon we put up in the air, and we found out the Senate was asleep or dysfunctional or--I don't know what you would put on it. They have to act on this if they're serious about a trade agenda for this country, and I hope that we can make it happen for the American worker. I yield back the balance of my time.
