we will hear from francisco sanchez who will be joined by matthew rooney for the u.s. department of state. we look forward to your informed thought as representatives of two of the most prominent agencies in the u.s. government. and what, if any, tangible steps are being taken to grow our historical strong ties within the region. i do not know if you have this in your oral testimony, your full in testimonies will be included in the record. we ask you to summarize for about five minutes. whether we pursue it in your testimony, i am concerned about some of the challenges and want to explore those with you. if you do it in your testimony, fine. let me recognize secretary sanchez. >> thank you, ranking member rubio, members of the subcommittee, i appreciate the opportunity to testify about our work to help american businesses thrive in latin america. two years ago, president obama launched the national export initiative and he set a goal of doubling exports by the end of 2014. the reason was simple. whenever more american products reach more markets, it strengthens america

we will hear from francisco sanchez who will be joined by matthew rooney for the u.s. department of state. we look forward to your informed thought as representatives of two of the most prominent agencies in the u.s. government. and what, if any, tangible steps are being taken to grow our historical strong ties within the region. i do not know if you have this in your oral testimony your full in testimonies will be included in the record. we ask you to summarize for about five minutes. whether we pursue it in your testimony, i am concerned about some of the challenges and want to explore those with you. if you do it in your testimony fine. let me recognize secretary sanchez. >> thank you, ranking member rubio, members of the subcommittee, i appreciate the opportunity to testify about our work to help american businesses thrive in latin america. two years ago, president obama launched the national export initiative and he set a goal of doubling exports by the end of 2014. the reason was simple. whenever more american products reach more markets, it strengthens american