Political Quotes

“Thank you very much for your leadership on this issue. This is a great day for American job creation, for the American worker, and a very sad day for American politics. This is simple. If we give the American people, the American worker and American business a level playing field, they will still out-compete the world. We can still make it, build it and grow it better in America than anywhere else, if we give that fair playing field. What could be simpler than going after China for manipulating its currency and unfairly dumping its products and pushing out the much-needed American manufacturing base that we must be rebuilding rather than suffocating? If ever there was something we should be able to come together on, it should be standing with American workers instead of Chinese corporations and Chinese rule-breaking. And yet here we have a debate rather than unity. Earlier today, we fought to extend health benefits to our heroes and their families from 9/11. And while we cheered and saluted, many on the other side of the aisle sat on their hands. Aren't these commonsense things that the American people are begging us to come together and focus on? Commonsense solutions. This is our chance--to fight for American jobs, like the steelworkers in my district. Six thousand manufacturing jobs lost to China in my district alone and 24,000 family members of those who have lost their jobs. For those who want to play games with this issue, it is long past time to do what is right.”