Sherrod Brown actually said...

Perhaps, as Lincoln said, we all need to get out and get our public opinion baths more than we do as elected officials and as regulators.

We know what causes outsourcings: it is low wages, it is exploited workers, it is weak or nonexistent or unenforced environmental protection...

I urged, first, the President to secure commitments on labor and environmental standards before the talks begin.

I appreciated your honesty, but I was disappointed by the answer.