Im pleased to welcome our witness, ambassador , thank you for coming. We have been eager to have you before the committee. For a very important annual hearing to discuss the president s agenda. The laws that delegate congresses 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 congress. And all americans. Members of this committee are looking forward to this important discussion. A critical component of the trade agenda that i would like to discuss, is u. S. Mexico Canada Agreement. U. S. Mca for short. Farmers, workers, businesses, stand to benefit greatly from that agreement. More Market Access for agriculture, new commitments to critical areas, such as custom digital intellectual property, labor environment, currency, and the lowering of lot nontariff barriers, all translates into higher wages, great
recent victim. this is two hours. sen. collins: come tomittee will order. good morning. today, the special committee on updatin updatedng its 2020 fraud book. it lists the top 10 scams that have been reported to our committee over the past year. the good news is that the notorious irs impersonation scams, which have been the top scams reported to the committee for five consecutive years has , has fallen off dramatically. it used to be number one, now it is number seven. it is still a problem, but public awareness has certainly helped to decrease the prevalence of that scam. unfortunately, the social security impersonation scam, the topic of this morning s hearing, has risen to take its place. now reports of the ssa scam barely registered as recently as 2017, but then it began to take off, cracking the top 10 scams reported to our committee s fraud hotline in 2018 and becoming the number one recorded scam last year, as shown on the chart displayed on the monitor. this scam has
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