Political Quotes

On the recordDecember 19, 2019
I thank the gentleman from Texas for yielding. Madam Speaker, I rise today because this is a good day. I don't want to discuss yesterday. I don't want to discuss issues that divide us in this Chamber. I want to discuss, today, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement because that has brought us together. When we come together, who wins in that situation? Not us as Members of the House of Representatives, not us here in Washington, D.C., but the American people. I was reminded recently, this morning, that, about 2 years ago, we delivered on tax cuts, and I stood exactly right here, and I knew that was going to unleash the American economy. We have an economy now at an all-time high, with 50-year lows for unemployment and 1.4 million new jobs in America. Today, we have come together for the American worker, the American farmer. We have united as Democrats and Republicans to do something good for our fellow citizens, and that is this updated United States- Mexico-Canada Agreement. As I stood here 2 years ago and had a discussion with my good friend from New York, Mr. Crowley, who is no longer here, I declared in one voice saying, hell, yes, I am going to vote for those tax cuts, and, hell, yes, I am going to vote for this Mexico-Canada trade agreement, because what we are doing here is, again, unleashing the power of America. Standing together, it is amazing what we can accomplish. Madam Speaker, I applaud Chairman Neal.…
Said by
Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

Share

More from Jack Reed

May 8, 2025

I rise to address President Trump's dangerous and inappropriate use of the U.S. military to carry out his immigration enforcement campaign. Before I discuss the Trump administration's spending nearly half a billion dollars and sending tens…

govinfo.gov
Jun 3, 2025

I’m not a great mathematician, but I think you were talking about $1 trillion? I believe $1.5 billion times 10 is $15 billion. That’s a little bit off from $1 trillion.

msnbc.com
Jun 21, 2025

There is a lot we still don’t know and we need an accurate, factual damage assessment.

usatoday.com
Oct 23, 2025

At a moment when U.S. forces are building up across the Caribbean and tensions with Venezuela are at a boiling point, the departure of our top military commander in the region sends an alarming signal of instability within the chain of…

theintercept.com

Other voices in this conversation