Earl Blumenauer: “It is Congress that made their job a nightmare.”

I can speak confidently for House Democrats when I say we are firmly committed to reauthorization of AGOA and HOPE before their expiration next year.

I find this hearing very meaningful.

I have 190 days left in Congress, so I have been spending time on issues that bring people together rather than divide them.

These things aren't going to get enacted into law, they are not going to make a difference to the American people. It is a distraction, it is a sideshow.