Political Quotes

“All of us have just come back to the Senate after a Memorial Day work period, where most of us were traveling our States, meeting with people. I was in Toledo, Youngstown, Cleveland, and around much of my State. While we have seen signs of recovery in Youngstown, in part because of the Recovery Act, in part because of where those dollars were absolutely well spent on infrastructure, making this expansion possible, in part because of a trade decision the President of the United States made on the dumping of Chinese steel. In real terms--in real English--the dumping of Chinese steel meant the Chinese were cheating. Now we have restored competitiveness to the market so that American companies, with very productive American workers, can make steel and sell that steel at competitive prices. We have seen an announced expansion and beginning of hiring in the auto industry, into the whole supply chain that leads into the automotive industry that makes the components--the so-called Tier I and Tier II suppliers. We have seen those signs of recovery. But if you are not working or your cousin is not working or your wife has lost her job or your sister or brother isn't working, you know there are still too many people who are hurting. We have not recovered, and we are not close to it, but we are making progress, while those families continue to struggle.”