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As you can read in the "flip-flop" section of this website Rep. Hayes has cast the deciding vote in the passage of both the NAFTA and CAFTA trade agreements.

The legal protections and rights of these trade agreements have made it easier for U.S. companies to maximize profits by moving operations "offshore", typically to countries where wages are far below those of U.S. workers and where there are few environmental, health or safety regulations with which they must comply.

Even if cheaper imports create a broad welfare gain in the form of lower prices, if a large number of people lose a greater amount in wages due to increased inequality, the net result is broad losses. It does not matter how much cheaper a product is if consumers do not have sufficient income to buy it.
 
The textile industry estimates that 350,000 jobs have been lost in this U.S. industry since January 2001.

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