"I wholeheartedly agree with calls to increase U.S. exports in order to put people back to work and restore our country's reputation as a place that makes things."
"When I came to Congress some years ago, the United States exported more merchandise than it imported."
"I hope to learn about the deal's potential effects on the automobile industry, which, as my colleagues and those assembled here today know, is of great importance to my home state of Michigan."
"President Obama recently announced that the KORUS FTA will create 70,000 jobs in the United States."
"I appreciate your courtesy and the way you are responding."
"The current recession gives us the opportunity to re-orient U.S. trade policy toward the job-creating export of tangible manufactured goods."
"I want to tell you, I am a particular admirer of your department, particularly your Foreign Commercial Services Agency."
"I am troubled by the KORUS FTA's country-of-origin rules."
"Will you commit that the Department of Commerce will do so vigorously, vigilantly and fairly?"
"Mr. Secretary, I note that your budget request for this year is 40 percent less than was requested in 2011 and that the 2011 request is 50 percent less than the 2010 enacted levels."
"I think it would be helpful to both of us if you were to submit the answers to the record."