And subcommittee on Global Competitiveness will come to order. I know this seems a little strac strange with an empty room except for three witnesses live in front of me and many of our colleagues are going to be joining us virtually. But i want to welcome all of you nonetheless to this important hearing. This subcommittee continues to do its work in exploring the unfair trade practices of foreign governments, especially china and russia. The topic of censorship in china is a common one because it is growing effect on business in the United States as well as culture. Last fall, for example, the National Basketball association had the Market Access blocked in china because an individual american citizen using a media platform not allowed in china expressed a political opinion. Now the topics have become more manufactu important. The timely information about the spread of covid19 due to chinese censorship has contributed to the havoc wreaked on our economy and health and indeed the pande
The center of this agreement but every trade agreement that ive seen in my timey in Congress North American Free trade agreement central American Free trade agreement trade agreement with Columbia South korea and kenema one after another permanent trade relations with china. Everyone of these tradese actios were written fundamentally in secret by corporate interests to serve corporate interests. Workers were never at the center of these trade agreement. One of my votes in the house was against the north American Free trade agreement. I votedtt no for sense because these trade agreements were written by corporations maximize profitspe and to enrich stockholders always at the expense of workers. Communities like mansfield ohio and portsmouth ohio in toledo and youngstown. I was talking to a friend of mine and she knows former senator cafaro knows whats happening with these trade agreements. We all know how they undermines communities and always again because these trade agreements were r
Quorum call the presiding officer the senator from ohio were in a quorum call. The senator will suspend. Without objection. Mr. Brown tomorrow i will do something ive never down. I will vote for a trade agreement, the first time in my career. Im voting for that trade agreement because of the work that my colleague from oregon, senator wyden and i did to fix President Trumps deal and secure new protections for American Workers for the First Time Ever in spite of the president s intransigence, in spite of the president s lining up as he always does with corporate interests because our trade agreement for the First Time Ever, ever put workers at the center of this agreement. Every trade agreement that ive seen in my time in congress, north American Free trade agreement, Central America free trade agreement, the trade agreement with colombia and south korea, one after another, every one of these trade agreements, every one of these trade actions were written fundamentally in secret by corp
The hearing will come to order. Thank you for coming to the committee today to testify. We know you are on a tight schedule and in order to keep you on schedule and ensure all members have an opportunity to ask questions i ask unanimous can send members will be recognized during the question and answer session for three minutes. Without objections ordered in the Ranking Member and i will be recognized for five minutes during the question and answer sessions. Without objections ordered we will both be recognized for three minutes and i they will now yield myself threeminute but once again thank you for being here its been seven years since the chair of the Federal Reserve has appeared before this committee and we are very grateful for your being willing to do that i want to make sure that we support the independence and the repeated attacks are unacceptable and dangerous. I look forward to hearing the testimony and discussing Opportunities Congress and the fed have to support the worker
The hearing will come to order. Thank you for coming to the committee today to testify. We know you are on a tight schedule and in order to keep you on schedule and ensure all members have an opportunity to ask questions i ask unanimous can send members will be recognized during the question and answer session for three minutes. Without objections ordered in the Ranking Member and i will be recognized for five minutes during the question and answer sessions. Without objections ordered we will both be recognized for three minutes and i they will now yield myself threeminute but once again thank you for being here its been seven years since the chair of the Federal Reserve has appeared before this committee and we are very grateful for your being willing to do that i want to make sure that we support the independence and the repeated attacks are unacceptable and dangerous. I look forward to hearing the testimony and discussing Opportunities Congress and the fed have to support the worker