A Quote by David Lidington
A desire to see significant reform and change is perfectly compatible with our belief that membership of the E.U. is in our national interest.
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Our national leaders tend to try to protect the national interest as they see it. They may screw up in that, but they at least see that as their role. In contrast, where issues of our national values are involved, which covers pretty much any humanitarian issue, they pretty much drop the ball.
It is in our national interest for Congress to act on immigration reform in a comprehensive manner.
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And I think we understand we cannot make social change for all workers until we have enough strength, membership strength, and at the same time having membership strength and only making change for a limited group of workers is not what our country really needs for people that work.
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