Political Quotes

“tonight is an unusual, if not unprecedented, special order. It is one that I think that the country will appreciate and I think our colleagues in this Congress will appreciate it; one where we have brought at least a half dozen, and more will join us, Members of Congress of both parties to this Chamber in opposition to the Central American Free Trade Agreement. I am joined by the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Jones), the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Davis), the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Goode), and the gentleman from Idaho (Mr. Otter). There are five of us here now two Democrats, three Republicans, and I know a number of Members will join us later. We are joined together because we believe the Central American Free Trade Agreement is not in the best interests of our Nation. We have seen that for a dozen years our trade policy has simply not worked for the American people, it has not worked for rural, family farmers in Alabama, it has not worked for workers in Idaho, in Virginia, in North Carolina, and in my State of Ohio. Before turning to the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Jones), and I think people will just kind of join in a conversation here, I want to just point to a series of numbers that really does illustrate why we, as Republicans and Democrats, as people that represent small manufacturers and family farmers and family ranchers and labor unions and environmentalists and religious leaders, and people of faith and all of that, why we oppose it.…”