Political Quotes

“if there is not someone else wishing to speak, I will expand on what is happening as it relates to Michigan now and why this is so important as an amendment. I thank colleagues for working with us and helping us to modify the amendment and to accept it today. What is important for all of us, but particularly in Michigan now, as we are the heart and soul of manufacturing, is, as we see our President, our Secretary of Treasury, moving forward in discussions with China and Japan--the President is going next month to China and Japan--that we send with him the strongest possible support, which this amendment does, for us saying we need to enforce all of our trade laws. We need to make sure we are leveling the playing field, and we are giving every possible fair advantage to American workers and to businesses. Unfortunately, we have our trading partners--some of our trading partners right now--who are, in fact, violating our trade laws which is costing us jobs at home, especially in the great State of Michigan. This amendment will send a very important message that we want things like illegal trade practices regarding currency manipulation to stop. The President's upcoming trip is a very important time. Currently, Chinese and Japanese trade policies are costing us jobs, including our middle-class families, because of the fact that they peg their currency in a way that means it costs us more to sell to them than it costs them to sell to us.…”