Byron Dorgan: “I have talked on the floor of the Senate many times in the last 2 years on the subject of international trade. The…”

“I have talked on the floor of the Senate many times in the last 2 years on the subject of international trade. The reason I came to the floor today was not only because we were going to have the figures on what last year's trade deficit was in this country but also because there is in the party of the Presiding Officer an aggressive, raging, fascinating debate these days about trade issues. One candidate who is out on the hustings campaigning for votes is talking about trade in a particular way, and then several others are responding to it. It is somehow as if this were the first time trade was being discussed in this country. I have been on the floor of the Senate at least 10 or 12 times in the last 2 years talking about international trade. There are some trade myths that I want to talk about today. This will be the first of a series of presentations which I intend to make on trade.”