Pajamas Media: Caucus Co-Chairman: Blue Collar Workers ‘Feel More Disconnected’ to Dems Than Ever Before

WASHINGTON – Rep. Marc Veasey (D-Texas), co-chairman of the Blue Collar Caucus, told PJM that he is ready to work with Republicans on trade and labor issues but argued that the White House has not followed through on President Trump's campaign rhetoric about the North American Free Trade Agreement and other topics.

Veasey and caucus co-chairman Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-Pa.) were asked if there are areas of common ground with the Trump administration that they could try to tackle together.

"I've heard a lot of campaign rhetoric but I haven't really seen any real initiatives come out of the White House. We've been talking about trying to do something about NAFTA. A lot of people feel that NAFTA really hurt their jobs. We're waiting to hear something from the administration on that – nothing. You look at the Chinese dumping cheap steel, you know, different issues like that. I mean, there ought to be some ways Democrats and Republicans ought to be able to work together on some of these labor issues but we're really not hearing that," Veasey said after a meeting on Capitol Hill with labor leaders on March 28.