Democrats Committed to Supporting America's Working Families

This week, the DNC's Podcast hosted North Dakota Senator Byron Dorgan, Chairman of the Senate Democratic Policy Committee. In his interview, Senator Dorgan discussed problems facing the American worker in light of record trade deficits and increased outsourcing of American jobs, themes that Dorgan highlights in his new book, "Take This Job and Ship It: How Corporate Greed and Brain-Dead Politics Are Selling Out America."

"Good jobs that pay well are the root of expansion of the middle class in America. Now we're seeing these jobs shipped overseas in search of labor that will work for $0.20 or $0.30 an hour…this doesn't add up for our country. It will injure our country," said Dorgan.

"Economists tell us that 42 to 56 million American jobs are subject to be exported in the future. That's what we have to worry about and that's why I wrote this book," he added.

Dorgan criticized the Bush Administration's record trade deficit and their flawed trade policies which cater to big business but leave behind American workers.

"This country is a country that's off track and we need to put it back on track by demanding a change in our trade policy. We need fair trade policies that stand up for the American worker and for American businesses. The current trade policies give away the store and pull the rug out from under American workers and farmers," he added.

To listen to the audio, click here.

The DNC's Podcast, an audio broadcast that listeners can download for play on portable music devices or on computers, gives listeners a chance to regularly hear from party leaders, newsmakers, strategists, policy makers, and the grassroots of the Democratic Party.