Stephen F. Lynch Quotations

As for the expected boon to the Mexican economy, we have seen none of these gains, and instead we have seen NAFTA's detrimental impact on the Mexican workers.

Proponents of the Central America Free Trade Agreement have conveniently ignored this fundamental fact: the effect of trade on incomes in Central America and how to alleviate the adverse consequences of trade liberalization on the poor.

I am told that the clinical definition of insanity is the tendency to do the same thing over and over again and expect different results.

Now, given the experience that we have had thus far, with our subsequent trade agreements with NAFTA and others, you would think that with our experience of job loss that we have had there that when you find yourself in a hole that you might stop digging.

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 CAFTA's true goal is not to the increase U.S. exports.

Likewise, free trade does not, as evidenced in CAFTA, mean fair trade.

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 loss like they are talking about the weather, or a natural disaster like an earthquake.

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.

Instead of trade policy that is beneficial to American businesses and workers as well as our trade partners, we have a flawed trade policy that hurts all parties.

Trade reform has also been linked to increased income disparity as skilled workers have captured more benefits from globalization than their unskilled counterparts.

Hey, I'm a former union president myself and also an attorney that represented a lot of unions.

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.

I always thought a very strong anti-drug policy was a good thing for my union members.

Average real wages in Mexican manufacturing are lower than they were 10 years ago, if you can believe that.

Lori and Gina are key members of our leadership team and are instrumental in helping chart a course of continued success.

Since NAFTA was put in place, Mexico has lost 1.9 million jobs and most Mexicans' real wages have fallen.

I am told that the clinical definition of insanity is the tenancy to do the same thing over and over again and expect different results.

If it's true that he used that particular drug, ... it's even more damning of Mr. Palmeiro's conduct in this case.

The Amgen Tour of California is a perfect venue for Health Net to promote healthy lifestyles and affirm our commitment to helping people live healthy lives.

Unfortunately, there is no job mobility in Central America, and these workers are stuck, and there will be no place for them to turn.

We are absolutely delighted to welcome Pat back to Health Net. Before she led the governor's team, she was a dynamic leader in Government Relations at Health Net. Her talents are what we need to better drive our company forward.

We were really looking at specific issues of security that affect our troops. While we were in agreement in terms of things that needed to be improved there, we all saw gaps and areas that needed greater protection. The morale was very good under the circumstances, but we all felt we could be doing more to protect the troops.

To have no one on the ground is just inexcusable, sir.

There have been instances throughout this conflict where the intelligence we've received from the Defense Department and CIA is wrong, ... How about the weapons of mass destruction? How about the assessment that we were going to be welcomed as liberators?

other matters have been referred to us, and we are taking a look at those matters.

Following the strike, I think the thing that brought people back to baseball was the big home run contest between Sosa and McGwire.

The biggest share of U.S. exports to the six CAFTA nations is not the traditional job-creation kind. These are products that are not consumed in the purchasing nations.

By sharpening our focus on these three lines of business, we can better understand and serve our customers. These appointments help us become an even more customer-focused organization.

For the most part, we have an opportunity to go to church and learn the context of Scripture, but we struggle with applying that and putting it into forward action, rather than learning it in principles.

Free trade should not mean free labor.

Since NAFTA was put in place, Mexico has lost 1.9 million jobs and most Mexicans' real wages have fallen.

The biggest share of U.S. exports to the six CAFTA nations is not the traditional job-creation kind. These are products that are not consumed in the purchasing nations.