"One of the big problems why I do not think it will pass is because they want $7.2 billion, at a time when this country is basically broke, for additional programs that may be duplicative."
"Which American workers? Exactly which workers is Ambassador Kirk talking about?"
"I am going to do everything I can to get them passed."
"I think the administration has to work to get these issues resolved, because we need to pass these three trade agreements."
"It is hard for me to understand why the big fight over these three trade agreements."
"I am one of the authors originally of the Job Training Partnership Act, and a whole raft of other bills that are supposed to take care of workers who lose their jobs and need retraining."
"It means jobs, it means competitiveness, it means a United States advantage."
"We are going to lose a heck of a lot of jobs if these agreements do not go through."
"should be a subject of examination and restraint of growth and cuts if necessary, just like everything else has to be?"
"the hearings are a dog-and-pony show, and he brought a picture to prove it."
"the hearings are a dog-and-pony show"