Bill Pascrell: “I will tell you what an innuendo is. It is saying that the jobs that we lose are going to be replaced by just as good or…”

“I will tell you what an innuendo is. It is saying that the jobs that we lose are going to be replaced by just as good or better jobs. Well, here is the record. Remember, you are giving assistance to workers who already lost their jobs. Wouldn't it make sense logically to try to save the jobs in the first place? Or do we believe, as President Bush said in February of 2004 in his economic report: Hey, if they make it cheaper overseas, we have got to do something else? That is a way out. That is innuendo. If you want to talk about inequality, the jobs we are losing in manufacturing are paying over $600 a week, and the jobs that are being replaced pay $330. Who are we kidding here? Get to the facts. Get to the facts. Past trade deals have hurt the American worker. By the way, you placed this thing--those who are proponents of this legislation--that we are against trade. Nothing could be further from the truth. We want fair deals that help our workers. That is what this is all about. In my town, a textile business lost everything 40-50 years ago; 25,000-30,000 people were employed with that textile industry. We sat here in the Congress of the United States and watched these people lose their jobs. You are sure as heck they want the retail jobs. Do you know what they paid?…”