[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 185 (Tuesday, November 19, 2019)]
[House]
[Pages H8965-H8966]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   THE TIME TO PASS THE USMCA IS NOW

  (Mr. STAUBER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
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minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. STAUBER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to address the critical need 
to pass the USMCA, a trade agreement for the 21st century. The USMCA 
would expand our markets, add $63 billion to the economy, and create 
176,000 new jobs, with thousands of those jobs coming to Minnesota.
  When I am back in Minnesota's Eighth Congressional District meeting 
farmers, workers, and businessmen and -women alike, I am often asked 
why Congress has not yet passed the USMCA, even though it was signed by 
the President nearly a year ago. And my answer is this: If we voted on 
the USMCA today, it would pass the House with strong bipartisan 
support.
  Unfortunately, Democratic leadership's refusal to bring this critical 
trade agreement to the House floor for a vote continues, and 
uncertainty remains for millions of Americans.
  Pursuing partisan impeachment rather than clinching bipartisan wins 
for the American worker, is not what a majority of the American people 
sent us here to do. Enough is enough. I urge Democratic leadership to 
stop playing politics and join the rest of us in working for the 
American people.
  The time to pass the USMCA is now.

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