Tim Ryan: “I appreciate the opportunity to be here this evening on the floor of the United States House of Representatives and talk…”

“I appreciate the opportunity to be here this evening on the floor of the United States House of Representatives and talk about a timely issue that is an issue that is most important to most of the American people, and that is the issue of the economy, globalization, automation, and all of the issues that are coming down on many communities across the United States. I want to take this opportunity to spend the next 30 minutes walking through for the American people a little bit about what has happened and talk very clearly about the differences in approach on how we deal with these issues, how the Republican Party is trying to deal with these issues, and how those of us on the Democratic side want to deal with these issues. I don't want to get into a discussion at all, Mr. Speaker, about who hates whom, and who is bad and who is good, and who is this and who is that. I want to talk about the facts, I want to talk about the historical facts, and I want to talk about what is happening to average families across these United States. Clearly, given the volatility of the elections over the past 15 years or so, I would argue that most of those elections have been about the economy, and that most of those elections have been about wages, pensions, security, and stability for families. My district is from Akron, Ohio, over to Youngstown and points in between, right up against the Pennsylvania border.…”