Political Quotes

“I rise today to speak on the matter before us, which is the trade promotion authority that is so important to our Nation. I realize that whenever we deal with issues such as this, there are always parochial issues that people deal with in order to make sure their State's interests are represented well. I realize, for instance, that issues such as the Ex-Im Bank are very important to various people around our country based on manufacturing operations that happen to be in their States, and I respect that. I appreciated yesterday that we were able to move beyond an issue that was holding us up and get to a place where we are going to be able to vote on some final amendments and, hopefully, move trade promotion authority into fruition. I know we have talked a lot about these parochial issues. I want to move back to those in just one moment, but I want to talk about the importance of trade promotion authority and an agreement that I hope will come to fruition after we pass this, which is TPP. I know that many in our country--especially now as we see things on our television screen and in newspapers about unrest that is taking place around the world--have been concerned about our foreign policy. We have been concerned about the effectiveness of what we have been doing. One of the areas that our committee focused on this last week was much of what is happening in the South and East China Seas at present.…”