John Thune actually said...

"Trade should be a bipartisan issue. It is critically important to our economy."

"These are decisions that ought to be left to consumers in those countries."

"I think it is really important that this President and future Presidents have the authority, the ability that they need, to bring down foreign barriers to American products."

"One of the key negotiating objectives in the agricultural section of the TPA legislation... is intended to prevent foreign regulatory approval processes from being used as a trade barrier to new agric..."