Bill Pascrell: “I say that through you to them. All we have been hearing over the past few months is that we need to grant the President…”

“I say that through you to them. All we have been hearing over the past few months is that we need to grant the President fast-track authority so we can finalize the Trans- Pacific Partnership because it will be good for American workers; and yet here we are today, voting on a package to prepare for the opposite: the loss of American jobs because of a trade deal that doesn't put American workers first. I could support the Trade Adjustment Assistance. You need to help those people who are going to be laid off because of these trade deals that are so great so that they kept their jobs or some other jobs were created. Where are those jobs? If American workers are going to have the rug pulled out from under them because of trade deals, something should be there to break their fall. The sad reality is that we need TAA. And even the sadder reality is that, despite the great need, this TAA bill before us today is inadequate. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.”