Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, this motion is the next step in fast-track consideration of Asian trade agreements and perhaps other trade agreements. The fast-trackers know that the only way they can sell this agreement to the American people is to rely on stealth as much as possible to hide the agreement, as they have, for as long as possible; and then, even at the present time, not to give full information about all aspects of this agreement, such as the alleged $18,000 tax cuts being provided foreigners, without indicating what tax cuts are available for Americans or what the effect of these tax cuts might be. And now, today, under this new, more inclusive House that we have heard so much about with the new Speaker, we are provided less than an hour's notice for the fast-trackers to strike again. In moving to go to conference on a bill to attempt to fix a defective fast-track proposal, they have done so under a procedure that cut off all debate. We were not permitted to say a word about the customs bill as a whole, and the only way that we are able to comment about what is happening here at all is thanks to the gentlewoman from New Hampshire who has offered a nonbinding motion about one of the many questionable provisions in this customs bill.…”