David Bonior
David Bonior
David Edward Bonioris an American politician from the US state of Michigan. First elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1976, Bonior served as Democratic whip in the House from 1991 to 2002, during which time Democrats were in both the majorityand minority, making Bonior the third and second highest-ranking Democrat in the House, respectively. During his tenure in office, Bonior was the public face of Democratic opposition to the North American Free Trade Agreement, and was known for...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth6 June 1945
CountryUnited States of America
It would be a grave mistake to go forward with this vote while our nation is engaged in military action, ... I cannot even believe we are having this debate.
Folks think it's wrong, but they think it's an isolated incident. They don't understand that it's often.
There's a lot of bitterness over what happened. He needs to address that. He needs to dig deeper to understand that in order for him to really bind the wounds that are out there in the country,
This is not the America that I spent 26 years fighting for as a US congressman. And it certainly is not the legacy I want to leave my grandchildren.
This China trade deal is basically like the Bobby Knight of trade deals. You know, you abuse, you abuse, you abuse, and then they say 'Well, OK, we'll let you try one more time.'
We have not gotten the final word yet.
In the final analysis we believe that freedom and democracy are not byproducts for economic prosperity, they are conditions for it, ... This is not the time to vote. This is not the time to give up our leverage once and for all.
If the record deficits are what winning looks like, I'd sure like to know their definition of losing,
This House is out of touch. It is out of control. And it is so consumed that they have just denied us a chance to vote on the one option -- the one option -- that commands the support of the American people, and that is censure,
The lawyers don't use the word 'lie.' But if someone, in the normal course of events...would have done what Newt Gingrich did to a congressional committee, they would go to jail for that.
I cannot get John Edwards and John Kerry -- maybe they ought to meld here. And I think maybe they might at some point in this campaign.
We're told we need this trade deal to open up vast markets to American goods, ... But the reality is that most Chinese workers cannot afford to buy the goods that even they make.
Nobody has the votes yet. We can beat this thing.
What we saw was a father, a husband, a leader of our country who was contrite and was very sorry for his actions,