[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 191 (Monday, December 2, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S6781]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              UNITED STATES-MEXICO-CANADA TRADE AGREEMENT

  Mr. GRASSLEY. I have come to the floor many times to speak with my 
colleagues about the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement. I recently 
spoke with my colleagues in the House of Representatives and also 
officials within the administration about the same subject. By all 
accounts, the deal is close on the United States-Mexico-Canada trade 
agreement.
  I urge House Democrats to act quickly and be reasonable so we can 
finally deliver certainty on this issue to the American people. It has 
now been more than a year since the leaders of Canada, Mexico, and the 
United States signed the agreement, so Americans have waited a year for 
what can happen now. This modernized trade agreement will create 
hundreds of thousands of new jobs and help Americans grow wages for our 
workers.
  The end of this year's legislative session is rapidly approaching, as 
we all know. If a deal cannot be reached by the end of this week, I do 
not see how the USMCA can be ratified in the year we are in. As it is, 
the window of opportunity for 2019 is extremely tight. Now is the time 
for the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives to finally act 
so we can act in the Senate.
  I yield the floor.
  I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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