S p down just over a point and the dow down around 27 points. A lot of this watching what was happening in the market. Seeing the facts and circumstances that yield has continued to pick up as well getting to washington lawmakers voting along party lines to impeach the president we have more now good morning the House Chamber got a little roudy as leaders from both parties made their final speeches democrats did not choose this impeach. We did not wish for it i see coming out of a president who will put his head down and do his job. He will put the American People first. Ultimately, both articles did pass on mere party line votes and the discussion has merely shifted to what comes next House Speaker was not committal when asked whether the democrats will send the article over to the senate she even got a little combative after the vote well make a decision when we see what they are doing on the senate side. That is a decision well make fluently the Senate Majority leader does plan to m
[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
Representative Robert Lighthizer testifies before the Senate Finance committee on the administrations trade strategy and the United Statesmexicocanada agreement. This portion is one hour. The laws that delegate congresss constitutional trade authority to the executive also require close consultation with congress. This hearing is an important part of that consultation and it provides an opportunity to explain the president s ambitious trade agenda to the. Ongress and all americans members of this committee are looking forward to this very important discussion. A critical component of the trade agenda that i would like u. S. Mexicos canada agreement. Usmca for short. More Market Access for agriculture, new commitments to critical areas, such as visual trade, intellectual property, and the lowering of nontariff barriers all translates into higher wages, rates of productivity, and more jobs. U. S. Ct, the International Trade commissions Economic Analysis realize that usmca will create 176
Deserve to be there although we do, because the world would be a much better lacemo innovative, fair and humane if we are there and that is why as long as we have been doing it that we have to stay committed because we owe it to one another to make sure women get the fair share. Thank you. Good evening, everybody, its my distinct leisure to be here evening for this next panel about women and girls and their essential participation in Peace Processs. Its been a fantastic afternoon so far. Afternoon so far, i am frustrated we are still having to say womens rights are human rights particularly when it comes to conflict abroad. We have been focused on the u. S. So far and were going to take you overseas with the extraordinary panel. I want to help you woke us your minds about what it means to talk about conflict abroad. Could think about faraway complex, but i would■ think of places where you have complex that deal with the same issues and biases, gender pay■t gaps ad on top of that, c