On the recordJune 18, 2015
Once again, I have to remind my colleagues we have got to follow some understanding about what we are trying to do here. This is TPA. TAA was up last week, and my colleagues that are Democrats turned down the same things they are now talking about were provisions to protect the American worker. The Democrat Party voted against the American worker last week. They are the ones that turned down exactly what the gentleman is talking about needs to be a part of this deal. The Democrat Party turned their back on the American worker. That was last week. This week, now, they are trying to talk about things that are in TPP. Mr. Speaker, we are not here today for TPP. We are here today for trade promotion authority. That is it, TPA. The gentleman, Mr. Kelly, was very right to say let's talk about the real facts of the case and the truth. This is about TPA. It is exactly the same bill that was here last week. There were other considerations last week. The Democrat Party turned their back last week on the worker. We are not trying to do that today--trade promotion authority. Mr. Speaker, at this time, I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Cincinnati, Ohio (Mr. Chabot), the chairman of the Small Business Committee.
