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Lloyd Bentsen: “I was one of 21 Democrats who voted for the TPA bill. I think it is a good bill. I want to see the President get Trade…”

On the recordJune 26, 2002
I was one of 21 Democrats who voted for the TPA bill. I think it is a good bill. I want to see the President get Trade Promotion Authority; I voted for it for President Clinton and I will vote for it for President Bush, if it is done the right way. The Senate has passed a substantial trade adjustment assistance package that is good public policy, that helps workers who do lose their jobs to trade. What the House is being asked to do today is to state a new position on the part of the House to strengthen the hand of the Republicans in the conference. This is all designed to provide political leverage. The bill before us today is a dramatic rewrite of the Bush-backed, bipartisan Senate trade adjustment assistance package. We should reject this. If we want to get real TPA, let us take the Bush and the Senate bipartisan package and put it together.
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Lloyd Bentsen
Texas
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Discussing the Trade Promotion Authority and trade adjustment assistance during a House floor debate.

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