Toomey, were the only members of the committee to voice opposition to the trade deal which the house passed in december by a vote of 385 to 41. Were meeting today to consider hr5430, the United Statesmexicocanada agreement implementation act. And senator sasse isnt here but hes a new member of the committee, so i would like to welcome senator sasse to the committee. And hes in joining the committee on one of the most important pieces of legislation we can do this year. And im glad to have senator sasse as a new member of the committee. On december 13th, 2019, the senate received or the house of representatives received the bill to implement the usmca agreement. Under fast track rules, the committee cannot amend the bill. We will vote today only on whether to report the bill. Before we vote, senators who wish to make statements may do so. In the interest of time, i ask that the statements be limited to three minutes, and i know that my staff has had a discussion with everybodys staff ab
Committee so i would like to welcome senator sass to the committee. And hes in joining the committee on one of the most important pieces of legislation we can do this year and im glad to have senator sass as a new member of the committee. On december 13th, 2019, the senate received or the house of representatives received the bill to implement the usmca agreement. Under fast track rules, the committee cannot amend the bill. We will vote today only on whether to report the bill. Before we vote, senators who wish to make statements may do so. In the interest of time, i ask that the statements be limited to three minutes and i know that my staff has had a discussion with everybodys staff about that. I hope that that will be satisfactory to the members. We do have a vote schedule at 12 15 so i think its important that we get this done this morning. I think we can. After statements im going to introduce staff and Administration Officials here to provide an overview of the bill and answer an
As always, well take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter as well. Washington journal is next. Good morning, its monday, october seventh, 2019. The house and senate are on recess but if peter and inquiry continues this week with hearings in the house intelligence and Foreign Affairs committee. President trump is set to hold to bring Major Campaign rallies this week in minnesota and louisiana. And this morning we will begin by asking for your thoughts about what it means for the country to go through the president ial impeachment. What lessons should be learned from the efforts to impeach residents in and clinton. Phone lines set up differently this morning. If you lived through the nixon impeachment, you can call in at 202 7488000. If you lived through the clinton impeachment, 202 7488001. All others can call in at 202 7488002. You can send us a text message this morning. If you do so, please include your name and where you are from. Thats 202 7488002 th
He won by a large margin. It is hard to see exactly where impeachment is, especially when you have so many issues going on. I think a lot of people that live in the heartland, live in all the states, kind of see that as a washington thing. There is a lot of disconnect between d. C. And the people who live here. There is the appearance of that at the least. It is hard to determine that now. A special phone line this wening 202 7488003 will be happy to talk a guy state politics with you. Phone lines as usual for the rest of the country. Republicans 202 7488001. Democrats 202 7488000 independents 202 7488002. Seth richardson, the we the website is cleveland. Com. What else are you focusing on in the flyover today . Guest we are focused on the issues in the heartland. We want to see we know the states are important. You look at wisconsin, michigan, pennsylvania, ohio, iowa. The states are important as well as indiana and illinois. Illinois being very democrats, indiana be very republican.
Forcing people to violate their conviction is just something that the constitution doesnt permit. [inaudible] whether or not [inaudible] i think were going live to hear from Senate Leaders as they return from their party lunches. Well, good amp, everyone. This week on the floor of the senate well be going through process of going to conference on tax reform. As you already know, pelosischumer, ryan and i have a meeting with the president on thursday to talk about the way forward on the Government Spending issue. What we anticipate is a two week c. R. And a december 22nd into december 22nd which ought to give us a little room to the talk about the larger understanding about how were going to, what the caps are are going to be and the other provisions that are going to be part of the yearenspending measure. Yearend spending measure. So thats the agenda for us for the week, and with that, ill turn to senator cornyn. Well, i know our democratic colleagues have been talking about their desi