Political Quotes

“At this time, I am very pleased to yield 2 minutes to the distinguished gentlewoman from Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro). Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, the vote on Trade Adjustment Assistance failed in the House of Representatives last Friday by a 3-1 margin; yet this rule today would extend the revote on Trade Adjustment Assistance through the end of July. This is one more attempt to play games with the future of hard-working families. American workers demand and they deserve respect. They deserve a living wage and the right not to have their jobs shipped overseas. That is what we are united in fighting for. A vote for this rule is a vote for fast track. A vote for fast track is a vote against jobs and against wages. United States trade policy has been failing American workers, failing American consumers and families for 20 years. The U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement has already cost up to 75,000 jobs, and it was just passed 3 years ago. Up to 5 million jobs have been destroyed by currency manipulation; and a number of the signatories to this trade agreement, their policy is to manipulate their currency to have their goods sold at a lower price than American goods, putting American workers out of jobs and lowering their wages. Joseph Stiglitz, the Nobel Laureate in Economics, has written: ``Inequality is not inevitable. It is a choice that we make with the rules that we create to structure our economy.'' Trade policy is one of those choices.…”