Political Quotes

“I just feel very strongly that this most reasonable thing that we have asked for is something that was done under President Bush. I think it was in his wisdom to put it out there before. There was nothing to hide. If we looked into their dialogue back at that period of time, they felt it was necessary, as Senator Warren mentioned, to get the public's buy-in, to get support from the public. So they were proud of what they put into it. I am not saying things in here aren't good and won't be good for this country. But there might be some things that could be improved upon that would make it much better for this country. I have lost 31,000 manufacturing jobs since NAFTA. It is hard when I go through my State and I look at people struggling. The jobs have not returned. They have not come to our little State. We did not see the uptick. I am not saying my State represents every State, but I am sure there are parts of every State that have been hit pretty hard by this, and we want to make sure we get this one right. That is all we have asked for. So I am sorry you had to object. I hope you understand our position on this.”