On the recordMay 22, 2015
speaking against the Flake amendment No. 1243, this amendment would strike the extension of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Act. I support trade, but I am not going to tie the hands of the American workers from getting retrained or small businesses from getting Ex-Im support or making sure that we have enough people to do enforcement. If we are going to have trade, we will also have to have the tools to do trade. I urge my colleagues to defeat the Flake amendment and keep TAA.
