[background noises] the ways and Means Committee will now come to order. Good morning, today we will consider the historic u. S. Mca transforming agreement that creates a new High Water Mark u. S. Trade deals moving forward. The implementing bill before us is the result of many months of negotiations and indeed more than a year between House Democrats and the ambassador robert who worked with us honorably every time we met. And im very proud of the outcome of that we have reached. When we assume the majority this year, we were asked to consider a renegotiated nafta that had structural flaws in a number of areas including enforcements, labor rights, the environment, and access to medicines. Let me start with enforcement. Which was the crux of this agreement. As ive noted many times over the past year, i did not vote for the original nafta, the chief reason was a lack of enforceability. In the past 25 years, weve seen the shortcoming of the original agreements, much of which comes down t
Speak the ways and Means Committee will now come to order good morning we will consort considered a historic usmca the high watermark with trade deals moving forward it is the result of more than one year House Democrats and the ambassador light heiser who worked with us every time we met. Im very proud of the outcome we have reached. When we assume the majority this year we were asked to consider a renegotiated nafta in a number of areas including enforcement the environment and access to medicines that we start with enforcement as noted many times i did not vote for the original nafta and the chief reason was the lack of enforceability. The past 25 years we have seen the shortcoming much of which comes down to lack of enforcement in my view the improvements to the usmca finally makes the agreement enforceable n by preventing a country to block a nation dispute settlement attempt. Nafta has been symbolic and over 25 years there have been 39 petitions filed with zero enforcement action
At this moment, as we come face to face with death, let us draw close in love, travel together in these difficult hours and days and open our hearts to comfort one another. May love and peace rest with you and those whom you love and with those who love you, today and always. Thank you, helen. That now is the conclusion to this short remembrance ceremony. Please take the time, if you can, to look at the wonderful tributes and flowers to andrew. This is just tributes and flowers to andrew. This isjust a small tributes and flowers to andrew. This is just a small part of the many tributes that have been laid at the scene of andrews death and also received by the force from both police colleagues, fire, ambulance, military and members of the public as well, and a true reflection of how andrews passing has been felt by us locally, but also by the rest of the country. Thank you for coming andi of the country. Thank you for coming and i wish you well for the rest of the day. Thank you. The sc
Every factor of our lives and certainly those who practice in the law firm. Most of us have had to confront that. We also see in our lives historical challenges to our liberty in this country. As i have been going around this country talking to republican groups who feel disheartened with the level of autocracy that our government is imposing on us, one of the common themes that i like to use in my speeches is the word courage. Courage is something that is underestimated in our lives and it has caused me over the last couple of years to really think about what it means to demonstrate courage. Courage is demonstrated by lawyers who take on popular causes and during covid, many people in this room stepped up to go against the tide of what everyone in society was telling us and insist on our Constitutional Rights not being abridged by state and federal governments. There could be no better example of a lawyer who has exemplified courage in his daily life throughout his career in paul clem
Yesterday, i had the pleasure of testifying before the House Administration committee on protecting political speech, particularly with respect to elections, and it was a pleasure to have as a colleague on that panel Justin Reamer from the rnc who you all know well, and also our Judicial Affairs colleague audrey perry martin. All three of us were able to talk about the effective viewpoint discrimination that is becoming rampant in our society with cancel culture permeating every factor of our lives and certainly those who practice in the law firm. Most of us have had to confront that. We also see in our lives historical challenges to our liberty in this country. As i have been going around this country talking to republican groups who feel disheartened with the level of autocracy that our government is imposing on us, one of the common themes that i like to use in my speeches is the word courage. Courage is something that is underestimated in our lives and it has caused me over the las