that reside there. i have supported the jordanian agreement. i felt it was a stronger measure. but i basically believe in our constitution which says that the congress, not the executive branch, will have the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations. it doesn t say rubber stamp agreements that the executive branch negotiates and it doesn t say you can t amend. congress has to be able to fix what s wrong with these agreements and frankly, chris, in my area and the whole country, since these so-called free trade agreements have been signed and rushed through congress, under the fast track procedure, our country has lost net, 47,500,000 jobs. among them over 5 million manufacturing jobs. the american people have lived these year after year after year of trade deficit. an accumulation of $9.5 trillion in the last 35 years. right okay. equals lost jobs coast to
i felt it was a stronger measure. but i basically believe in our constitution which says that the congress, not the executive branch, will have the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations. it doesn t say rubber stamp agreements that the executive branch negotiates and it doesn t say you can t amend. congress has to be able to fix what s wrong with these agreements and frankly, chris, in my area and the whole country, since these so-called free trade agreements have been signed and rushed through congress, under the fast track procedure, our country has lost net, 47,500,000 jobs. among them, over 5 million manufacturing jobs. the american people have lived these year after year after year of trade deficit. an accumulation of $9.5 trillion in the last 35 years. right, okay. equals lost jobs coast to coast. so you re saying we have