Political Quotes

“Why are we giving away our national sovereignty in the name of global trade? H.R. 408 is a giveaway of our national right to self-determination. What it does is, it repeals the U.S. ban on tuna caught by methods that kill dolphins and depletes the meaning of the dolphin-safe label which American consumers want and count on. The reason we are here today to consider repealing an important United States law, is because an international panel of trade bureaucrats determined, in a case brought against the United States by Mexican fishing and governmental interests, that the American dolphin-safe standard was a barrier to trade. Get that, a barrier to trade. And a barrier to America's high trade standards. I believe that the American people do not want to erase significant achievements in consumer workplace and environmental protection. America's high standards should not be for sale nor should they be for trade. Vote 'no' on H.R. 408 and let us preserve our sovereignty. Protect our democratic institutions and carry out our constitutional duties to represent the wishes and the best interests of our constituents rather than international trade bureaucrats.”