Past trade agreements haven't always lived up to the hype.

Trade agreements need to bulldoze barriers and open new markets to exports made by America's middle class--the things we grow or raise, build or forge.

When discouraged Americans argue that they've been hurt by trade, their voices should not be ignored.

With 21st century trade agreements, tough enforcement also needs to hold foreign governments accountable for commitments to uphold strong labor rights and environmental protections.

For example, we may be willing to open our market to more dairy goods from Australia and New Zealand, but only if Japan's and Canada's market is more open to our dairy products.

There will be strong labor and environmental protections in the core of the agreement.

Let us talk about transparency next, because I think this is another area where the public looks at the Internet and says, hey, we can find out a lot of information that you could not have, for example, back when the trade deals were being…

I expressed my concern that, despite Russia's serial violations of its WTO commitments, you have not brought a single case against Russia in the World Trade Organization.

The nation's trade policies must take advantage of economic areas where there is clearly 'Advantage USA.'

We urge the administration to support classification breakouts for performance apparel as identified previously in legislation introduced by Senator Ron Wyden.

it is very significant that more than 70 Senators just voted for a nonbinding resolution to close an outlandish tax loophole that favors Canadian tar sand producers over American oil and American taxpayers. That vote was for a nonbinding…

today I am reintroducing the Wildfire Disaster Funding Act of 2015 with a bipartisan group of my colleagues, to ensure that Federal agencies have the resources and funding they need to not only fight the wildfires that erupt yearly in our…

I am glad Senator Murkowski has now agreed that the outlandish tar sands loophole, which rips off taxpayers and communities, must be closed. The difference between our amendments is that Senator Murkowski's amendment is a nonbinding…

I ask unanimous consent to call up and make pending Wyden amendment No. 27 to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify that products derived from tar sands are crude oil for purposes of the Federal excise tax on petroleum. The…

I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify that products…

You cannot have big-league economic growth with little league infrastructure.

For Oregon's middle class, moving the recovery from a walk to a run comes down to the five T's.

I think the childless EITC, the Earned Income Tax Credit, is a great way of ensuring that those who work get the rewards that they deserve.

Nobody this weekend said the answer was just safety net programs.

How will this grow the American worker's paycheck?

What is needed for sustained economic growth is more people buying homes and cars and other goods and services that make life better for them and their families.

When working families see bigger paychecks, America's economic recovery is going to go from a walk to a run.

I share a lot of your concerns as well, and I look forward to working with you.

Labor markets and a healthy economy are of paramount importance to the health, happiness and well-being of all Americans.

My own view is that that kind of approach is a particularly poor fit for an economy where two-thirds of the economic activity is driven by consumer spending.