MSNBC "The Ed Show"- Transcript: Trade Adjustment Assistance and Gun Violence

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For more on this let`s turn to Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut.
Congresswoman, good to have you with us.

REP. ROSA DELAURO, (D) CONNECTICUT: Thank you so much Ed. Good to see
you.

SCHULTZ: What happened, how disappointed are you that this unfolded the
way it did today?

DELAURO: Oh well, look, this is what happened today is that the House
threw procedural ploys send to Hail Mary past to the United State Senate.
And there is no certainty a trade promotion authority, Fast-Tract without
Trade Adjustment Assistance will pass. So its fate is uncertain and there
is a moment -- at this moment a path to yes on is this effort. So, we will
fight another day. So this is as you said it was a narrow vote in the
House of Representatives.

And all through gimmicks and procedural ploys et cetera. But I believe
that those supported, you know, the Fast-Track. Also maybe they don`t
understand what is that stake? And that is.

SCHULTZ: OK.

DELAURO: This issue has always been about jobs and wages and with the
evidence that what the current trade agreements have done to American
workers. And Democrats stood strong today.

SCHULTZ: You`re confident that.

DELAURO: Continues to be overwhelming opposition.

SCHULTZ: So, you`re confident that there`s another day to fight, and this
isn`t a slam dunk yet for those that want this to go through?

DELAURO: Absolutely. And the fate of the Fast-Track is very uncertain.

SCHULTZ: OK. Congresswoman, I need to ask you about today`s unbelievable
horrific tragedy down in South Carolina.

DELAURO: Right.

SCHULTZ: You come from a state of Connecticut where young children were
gunned down in an elementary school and nothing really was done about gun
violence on this country on the legislative level. The President came out
and addressed it today and reminded the country that this doesn`t happen in
other countries with the frequency it does in America. What`s your
response at his hour to what has unfolded?

DELAURO: Well, firs of all Ed, our hearts are heavy with the lost of nine
men and women, human-beings who where at player in then who lost their
lives. You mentioned at Newtown and Sandy Hook, where 20 innocence were
slaughtered. Six adults killed, another place that is supposed to be safe
and our schools and our churches. And it is an issue of violence has got
to be addressed, and whatever the causes bring one to this, we have to have
an examination of why this is occurring. And be serious in our resolve to
look at a the federal level, the kinds of legislation that can address this
issue, while at the same time examining the cause, they will go together in
order to prevent these kinds of efforts this horrific act to happen again.

And what we can`t do is every time one happens. We say we have to focus on
it. And we don`t really focus on it. So they continue to have it and
there`s a loss of life and families lives turned into turmoil.

SCHULTZ: Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, I appreciate your time tonight on the
Ed Show. Thanks so much.

DELAURO: Thank you.

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