Jim McDermott: “I hoped this would be the mark-up for the Korean free trade agreement. That agreement is done.”

If confirmed as Deputy United States Trade Representative, I will continue to fight for American workers, fight for the environment, and fight for our economic future.

This area is such a large part of our economy as well as such a large part of our question of national security.

To make that a reality we have to move the conversation in Congress away from harmful ideas like privatizing the program and cutting seniors' benefits.

We have made some substantive bipartisan progress recently. We need to build on our success.