You do not export democracy through the Defense Department or the Defense Secretary. You do it through trade agreements, through the Department of Commerce and favorable agreements with our friends and neighbors across the globe. — Stephen F. Lynch Copy Share Image
Amnesty International continues to report that extra judicial tortures and murders continue. This is not democracy that we are exporting to Mexico, and this is certainly not what the Mexican workers signed up for. — Stephen F. Lynch Copy Share Image
I am told that the clinical definition of insanity is the tendency to do the same thing over and over again and expect different… — Stephen F. Lynch Copy Share Image
I always thought a very strong anti-drug policy was a good thing for my union members. — Stephen F. Lynch Copy Share Image
Since NAFTA was put in place, Mexico has lost 1.9 million jobs and most Mexicans' real wages have fallen. — Stephen F. Lynch Copy Share Image
Instead of trade policy that is beneficial to American businesses and workers as well as our trade partners, we have a flawed trade policy… — Stephen F. Lynch Copy Share Image
Hey, I'm a former union president myself and also an attorney that represented a lot of unions. — Stephen F. Lynch Copy Share Image
If you consider that a typical Central American consumer earns only a small fraction of an average American worker's wages, it becomes clear that… — Stephen F. Lynch Copy Share Image
Now, given the experience that we have had thus far, with our subsequent trade agreements with NAFTA and others, you would think that with… — Stephen F. Lynch Copy Share Image
Average real wages in Mexican manufacturing are lower than they were 10 years ago, if you can believe that. — Stephen F. Lynch Copy Share Image
You do not export democracy through the Defense Department or the Defense Secretary. You do it through trade agreements, through the Department of Commerce… — Stephen F. Lynch Copy Share Image
Likewise, free trade does not, as evidenced in CAFTA, mean fair trade. — Stephen F. Lynch Copy Share Image
The one thing that I have been struck with, after coming here to Congress is, how many people in Washington, D.C. talk about job… — Stephen F. Lynch Copy Share Image
