Braley on Iowa Press This Weekend

Bruce Braley is on IPTV's Iowa Press this weekend. The Des Moines Register has some quotes from the episode. Here is the one that I found most interesting...

Braley said he is lobbying for a position on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, noting that Democrats having been pushing for reducing the country’s reliance on foreign oil by making the Midwest the energy capitol of the world.

“I’ve been arguing that there are no Iowans on the energy and commerce committee,” Braley said, “with Iowa being the epicenter of the renewable energy explosion, it’s time we had somebody on that committee.”

Check the episode out on Sunday at 11:30.

**Update**
There is up transcript of the show available on the Iowa Press website. Here is an interesting part on trade deals...

Braley: WELL, I THINK THAT THE FREE-FLOWING DAYS OF ABSOLUTE ADHERENCE TO A FREE-TRADE PHILOSOPHY IS OVER, BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE SERVING IN THE HOUSE RIGHT NOW FEEL THAT OUR FREE-TRADE POLICY HAS BEEN HARMFUL TO AMERICAN WORKERS, THAT IT'S BEEN HARMFUL TO ENVIRONMENTAL AND HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS AROUND THE WORLD. AND I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE A GREATER INSISTENCE AS PART OF THIS OVERSIGHT RESPONSIBILITY THAT FREE TRADE EVOLVES INTO A FAIR-TRADE PHILOSOPHY.