Paul Tonko: “Absolutely. The currency issue is epicenter to the solution that's required. Fair trade is what really allows us to…”

“Absolutely. The currency issue is epicenter to the solution that's required. Fair trade is what really allows us to compete effectively. This imbalance that's been able to continue is very harmful to our economy, to the workers of this country. You know, the working families have taken it on the chin. The middle class of America needs that purchasing power, that enhancement of purchasing power. Then you see economic recovery. Then you see people putting people to work because, as that activity continues to grow and snowball, you will require the investment in jobs in all, from service sector on over to manufacturing on over to R&D. And where you plant R&D as a center of invention, of ideas of innovation, there will come to be next door to that planting the manufacturing elements that will allow our manufacturing sector to prosper.”