[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 206 (Thursday, December 19, 2019)]
[House]
[Pages H12285-H12286]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 USMCA FAILS TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CRISIS

  (Mr. TONKO asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TONKO. Madam Speaker, I rise today in opposition to the United 
States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
  While I am grateful that congressional Democrats worked very hard to 
improve the initial agreement, it still falls short in some critical 
areas. Let me address one.
  There is an undeniable and unbreakable link between trade and climate 
pollution. Unfortunately, this agreement does not adequately address 
the ongoing and immediate climate crisis that we face.
  For 25 years, we have watched as NAFTA painfully outsourced American 
jobs. Under this agreement, we will see the continued outsourcing of 
pollution, undermining our domestic and international efforts to 
address climate change.
  The United States must get serious about this challenge and build 
international cooperation and commitments through all vehicles 
available to us, including our trade agreements.
  Trade negotiations do not happen frequently, but their impact is felt 
for generations. I cannot support a deal

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which fails to even acknowledge the global climate crisis that future 
generations will be left to bear.

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