Gerry Connolly actually said...

"Nations are not children, and behavior among nations must be circumscribed by legal agreements that have to be enforceable."

"So to simply cite the gross number in normative terms is bad, is to really distort a much more complex picture in terms of the two-way trade."

"If we have any fighting chance to change behavior to norms closer to our own, is it better to write off countries?"

"One of the criticisms of NAFTA is it did not codify integrally human rights environment and labor standards, and that is fair criticism perhaps in retrospect."