Thank you, Congresswoman. I'm proud to be here tonight to talk about our recovery, our economic recovery, about jobs, about a manufacturing agenda, and a ``made it in America'' agenda. The people that I represent in Michigan understand that we have a fundamental problem with our economic recovery, and that is unfair trade policies that have cost us in Michigan hundreds of thousands of jobs. I've cosponsored a bill to repeal NAFTA. I know there are different views on that. My views are very clear, that we need to support trade policies that put American jobs and American workers first. The time is now to fight for American jobs. There's an issue that I'm working on that I think I've gotten some attention of certainly Democratic leadership that wants to fight for American jobs and manufacturing and American workers, and I think this is an issue where my friends on the other side of the aisle will embrace as well. It's about fairness. It's about fair trade rather than trade policies that, again, have cost us millions of jobs in this country.
Mark Schauer: “Thank you, Congresswoman. I'm proud to be here tonight to talk about our recovery, our economic recovery, about jobs…”
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The speaker addresses the need for fair trade policies to support American jobs and manufacturing.
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