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Committee. eliot engel, the foreign affairs committee and also very important committee chaired now by carolyn maloney, the government reform committee. i said last night and i say today, while he isn t with us today physically here, elijah cummings is with us in spirit, a foundation he helped lay for justice is with us. he said when we re dancing with the angels, what will we know about what we did to keep the constitution intact. when he said that, it was very presh shent. little did we know by the time we passed the impeachment resolution that he would be dancing with the angels. we re debating on the floor the u.s./mexico/canada trade agreement. i heard my colleagues on the floor say, well, if we weren t ....
Impeachment hanging over the white house, you ve got officials there trying to point to some sunny spots, like political wins on trade with china, with the usmca. but there s an unexpected cloud on the horizon in the form of mexico s top trade negotiator. he is now accusing the u.s. of blind siding the country, objecting to new language that would let the u.s. send sip ploe mats to mexico. the president is touting the deal with china as very good news. the devil is in the detail, which are not totally in writing yet. not that the top trade negotiator seems to be worried about it. if china says it still needs to be proofread and translated. first of all, this is done, this is something that happens in every agreement. there s a translation period. there are some scrubs, this is totally done. ....
About that. on those labor standards that have been central to this, mexico s top negotiator said over the weekend, for obvious reasons, mexico was not consulted on this before adding, we are not in agreement. what do you make of this kind of 11th hour curveball here. do you think the usmca is in real jeopardy or no? obviously, mexico has to approve these changes. they ratified the treaty or the agreement many, many months ago. since then, the democrats, under speaker pelosi, have objected to the terms of the deal, saying it is too weak. and that s been the hold up. the democrats have been negotiating with the white house on a much stronger u.s./mexico/canada trade agreement. really an updating of nafta. i often times call it nafta 2.0. but it requires all sides to agree to any changes and the united states, through the democrats, have been trying to beef up the standards, with respect to labor and also with respect to drug pricing. so we ll have to see whether or not they can smoo ....
after a week of contentious debate this is a just travesty and a sham from day one. no president is supposed to be a dictator. a predictable result. the house judiciary committee has voted articles of impeachment against the president. for abuse of power and obstruction of congress. now, both parties are making it clear, they would like to vote and move on. circuit judges. lower drug prices. defense spending. cutting taxes. in the house, democrats have sandwiched an impeachment vote on wednesday between funding the government and passing a revised u.s./mexico/canada trade agreement. democrats are running ads defending on everything but impeachment. you have to fight like hell to make things better. thank him for fighting to lower drug prices. and choosing to let every member vote their conscience. rather than whipping votes. i haven t decided. this has been a busy week in washington. actually been a lot of good ....
This very day, a bill we passed a bill that lowers the cost of prescription drugs for hundreds of millions of americans, hr-3. it will save our taxpayers over $456 billion over the next decade and allow for the expansion of medicare coverage, including hearing, dental and vision benefits. just this week, we achieved monumental changes to the u.s./mexico/canada trade agreement. yes, we ve been waiting a very long time for that. this agreement is huge! it s a huge win for our families, our workers and business owners in every district across the united states. and we continue to work to make sure that we stay competitive in a global environment. yesterday we voted to support the ndaa, legislation that will keep our country safe and will give a raise to our service members and includes important ....