[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 197 (Tuesday, December 10, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S6937]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                              Impeachment

  Mr. President, as you heard from the Senator from Oklahoma, this has 
been another wild week in Washington, DC. It looks like the House is 
working to remove the President of the United States and that their 
work is nearing the finish line.
  This morning, the House Democrats unveiled articles of impeachment, 
and it looks like the Judiciary Committee is headed for a vote later 
this week. I assume that means it will come to the floor of the House 
next week before they leave.
  On top of that, this morning, Speaker Pelosi announced that House 
Democrats and the Trump administration had reached an agreement on the 
USMCA--the United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement--which would be 
the successor to NAFTA.
  In my State, NAFTA is not a dirty word, and indeed, I believe, by the 
Chamber of Commerce figures, which indicate that NAFTA and trades 
between Mexico, United States, and Canada supports about 13 million 
jobs in the United States alone, and the USMCA will improve that NAFTA 
trade agreement, create more jobs and more prosperity. I will be 
looking to see what this looks like in writing.
  We had Ambassador Lighthizer, the Trade Representative, on the 
conference call this morning trying to go through some of the top 
lines, but I am still reviewing the details of this agreement to ensure 
that it is in the best interest of my constituents, Texas farmers and 
ranchers, manufacturers, and consumers.