Ron Wyden

Pursuant to section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, I move to waive the applicable sections of that act for purposes of the pending amendment, and I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Toomey). Is there a…

My heart breaks when I hear news like what's going on in Indiana, where Carrier Corporation and a United Technologies Electronic Controls have announced they're shuttering plants and heading to Mexico.

TPP not only builds upon and strengthens the KORUS e-commerce disciplines, but it also helps raise global standards in this area.

We are going to continue to work on both sides of the aisle to look at ways to improve U.S. trade policy.

We have to have a free and open Internet in order to prosper, and that means the free flow of data across borders.

Without a basic obligation of this nature, we risk seeing a proliferation of different rules and a patchwork effect across the Asia-Pacific region.

We are going to enforce the agreements.

It is extremely disappointing that a developed country, the United States' largest trading partner, is engaged in action that is inconsistent with their trade agreement obligations.

I have spent an extraordinary amount of time pushing to ensure that we would have a free and open Internet.

They can compete with anybody as long as there is not cheating.

Adding this sunlight was just absolutely key to establishing what I believe we have to work for in the days ahead, and that is, trade done right.

In the past, the American people basically were in the dark with respect to trade legislation.

Illegal logging also hurts people, wildlife, and economies in the developing countries themselves.

I completely agree with you.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement contains some new commitments on forestry.

For years I have fought to protect the free and open Internet and ensure the free flow of data across borders.

Congress just passed a trade enforcement bill, which I hope will significantly up the game for U.S. trade enforcement.

The United States cannot allow countries to backslide on their promises before a trade agreement even goes into effect.

Under this loophole--make no mistake about it--economics trumped human rights, and Senator Brown and I said that was wrong, that it was just 100-percent wrong.

I believe we have to have trade policies that spur the creation of red-white-and-blue jobs that can support a middle-class family in Oregon and around the country.

When you are a worker caught up in an awful situation like this, it has to just curdle your blood when you hear some callous line from an executive about how it is 'only business.'

My number one goal, when it comes to the cutthroat global economy, is to fight with everything I have for American workers.

Illegal logging is just economic poison for Oregon's sawmill workers and resource-dependent communities across the country.

We particularly salute Senator Wyden and his staff for their efforts on this issue.

Confidence that the TPP will be implemented the right way is an absolute prerequisite for the agreement to win the support it would need to pass in the Congress.