Enforcement ought to be based on defending American jobs and promoting economic growth at home.

I think you heard how strongly my colleagues like Senator Cardin feel about this, and the voices of organized labor.

American trade policy needs to be debated openly, and it is time to pull it out of the time warp.

If you believe strongly in trade, as I do, and you want more of it, all of this excessive secrecy accomplishes nothing except making people more cynical and more skeptical about trade.

I want to be clear as we start this, that I think opponents have made a number of valid arguments.

I have come to feel that opponents of trade deals make a number of very valid arguments.

If you believe in trade and you want more of it, it doesn't make sense to have all this secrecy that makes the public cynical about what's going on.

This legislation will not dust off the same old playbook from decades ago.

American manufacturers and American farmers have repeatedly faced unfair trade practices that disadvantage our workers.

The expansion of trade requires an expansion of trade compliance.

If an agreement is reached soon, I believe the committee should reconvene later today.

I do believe that we are close to finding common ground.

the playbook on international trade has to change.

The public has a right to know from this point on what is at stake in trade.

I really urge colleagues to be here at 3.

would Congress still be able, if the Trans-Pacific Partnership proposal passed, to change U.S. laws to take into account the changing shape of the digital economy?

The public has a right to know what's at stake in trade negotiations, plain and simple.

I have been very involved with... the area of digital trade and making sure that other nations cannot restrict data flows across borders.

I want them to buy our products. I want them to buy our computers, and our eggs, and our wine, and our cars.

I am particularly pleased that Senator Cardin has led the fight here on human rights and governance.

I have talked with Mr. Trumka often about this topic in the past and have visited with a number of the members of the Chamber to discuss the bill.

keeping the Internet open and free is absolutely critical.

It's time to raise the bar on labor standards, environmental protection, and human rights.

I think Senator Brown is making a number of valid points, particularly with respect to staff access to these kinds of materials.

This will be the last time--the last time--where this kind of restriction on staff access is allowed to take place.