Marcy Kaptur: “But our numbers are growing. We said when NAFTA passed it was the first battle in a long war, and we knew there were…”

“But our numbers are growing. We said when NAFTA passed it was the first battle in a long war, and we knew there were going to be casualties, and it literally broke our heart because we knew what was going to happen on this continent. But now we have the next wave that came in when Congressman Michaud arrived; and now, with 39 new Members in your class, Congressman Hare, to come here, and you cannot imagine what that means to the more senior Members. Our only sadness is all the casualties that are out there and all the people that have had to suffer. We had hoped to protect America from that. We had hoped to protect those families, but we did not have the votes. But now I think we have the votes. I know one thing, we have the American people. Sometimes things get a little convoluted once it comes into this city, but we know the American people are with us. Let us make them famous. They are the ones that have lived this. Let us put it on our Web sites. Let us tell their stories. If others will not, let us do that. They surely deserve that. They have lived it.”