Sherrod Brown said "Madam President, I would again reiterate our offer. I don't know that I can do it exactly in a UC request. But I reiterate our offer that we sit down--that the leaders sit down--and discuss 15 amendments a side--15 Republican amendments, 15 Democrat amendments-- and that we have a serious negotiation without cloture hanging over our head that will drop all of these nongermane, very serious enforcement amendments. We had a vote last Tuesday where for the first time in 25 years a trade motion was actually defeated. The whole point of that vote was that we wanted enforcement as part of TPA, TAA. That is what this has been all about. But in this UC request, most of the enforcement--for instance, level the playing field, but also some other things--will drop because they are nongermane. I offer to Senator Hatch if there is a way of having this discussion and really moving forward----" @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordMay 21, 2015

Madam President, I would again reiterate our offer. I don't know that I can do it exactly in a UC request. But I reiterate our offer that we sit down--that the leaders sit down--and discuss 15 amendments a side--15 Republican amendments, 15 Democrat amendments-- and that we have a serious negotiation without cloture hanging over our head that will drop all of these nongermane, very serious enforcement amendments. We had a vote last Tuesday where for the first time in 25 years a trade motion was actually defeated. The whole point of that vote was that we wanted enforcement as part of TPA, TAA. That is what this has been all about. But in this UC request, most of the enforcement--for instance, level the playing field, but also some other things--will drop because they are nongermane. I offer to Senator Hatch if there is a way of having this discussion and really moving forward----

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Sherrod Brown

Democratic · Ohio

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