Bill Pascrell: “I dreamt that there was an uprising in China against the authoritarian dictatorship, and that we in America sided with a…”

“I dreamt that there was an uprising in China against the authoritarian dictatorship, and that we in America sided with a government which we have helped prop up. That is a nightmare. Have we lost our moral compass altogether? This vote is not a referendum on one billion people who are forced to live under communist tyranny; this vote is about America's relationship with the Chinese government. We have lost our moral compass to listen to the administration and to leadership in this House about where we are to go on this vote. There is a reason that the proponents of this flawed deal have been touting the national security and theoretical reform benefits they see in this package. They know that the argument that this bill is good for our working families is plain wrong.”