Harry Reid: ‘Hell No’ on Obama’s Trade Push; ‘I Have Never Ever’ Supported Trade Deals

‘I have never ever in my 33 years in Congress ever supporter, ever supported a trade agreement, and I’m not going to start now’

REID: "You couldn't find a person to ask this question who feels more negatively about it than I do. I have never ever in my 33 years in Congress ever supported, ever supported a trade agreement. I am not going to start now. They are not good for the American people. They are not good for working men and women. It puts us at disadvantage. So the answer is not only know, but hell know. OK ...

I have a great bunch of Democrats on the Finance Committee. They are little too heavier on the trade than I am. But we will bring that to the floor and see what happens. I am not going to be [indecipherable] knows how I feel. Everyone in my caucus knows how I feel. And the president knows how I feel. That's why we didn't bring it up last Congress. But my only thing that I am going to tell Ron as I have slow this thing down a little bit. This is really marching forward. I think there should have been more time in the Committee."

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