Joe Crowley: “We are talking about uplifting these other countries, as well, by transposing our core values as it pertains to labor…”

“We are talking about uplifting these other countries, as well, by transposing our core values as it pertains to labor standards, as it pertains to the environment. I think that is something that should not be lost on anyone when we look at what we are attempting to do here. Talking about Kennedy, talking about anyone who has looked to the hemisphere that we are in, as well as the Southern Hemisphere, in many respects you cannot move that hemisphere elsewhere. We are connected by land mass. I think as we move forward on the immigration debate and we discuss this more and more, many of us believe we should be helping those countries with direct aid and assistance, to help them become better democracies or become democracies. We see what is happening in some of those countries in South America that are trying to experiment with other forms of government that we don't necessarily agree with. It is not the way that we would prefer to see South America move.”