Paul Tonko: “I think before we leave this talk of manufacturing growth, both of you gentlemen held up tremendous charts that tell the…”

“I think before we leave this talk of manufacturing growth, both of you gentlemen held up tremendous charts that tell the story. What I think is interesting is, when you overlay those two charts with the deficit--the trade deficit and the loss of manufacturing jobs--they mimic each other. They absolutely trace the same curve. And so as you drop those manufacturing jobs, as the commitment was the tax policy and the investment in manufacturing declined, the trade deficit impact from Representative Altmire's chart--they're mimicking each other. You can see the precipitous drop here is almost at the same rate as the impact of the trade deficit. So we can step back and deal with facts or we can be in denial. We can be bitter about success and come on to the floor and try to hold back success. But instead of a tug of war on this House floor, let's tug together. Let's tug forward to make certain that we're investing where we ought to. Let's cut where we can but invest where we must. One of those investments has got to be in the human infrastructure. We're talking about capital investment, and we're talking about physical infrastructure, but we need to talk about the human infrastructure with this manufacturing comeback.…”