supporters of ustr and opponents of ustr and they sure don't dare about the public learning more about this. all of this will only lead to more inequality. i want trade i support trade i want more trade. ohio workers want access to new markets for our products but we need trade that works. the way we get trade that works is not by rushing into more corporate sponsored trade agreements without even knowing what we're signing. the ustr needs to open up the process. otherwise, the public is convinced, they will see more corporate handouts and more sellouts. i yield the floor to my friend, senator casey. the presiding officer: the senator from pennsylvania. mr. casey: thank you mr. president. i rise to address the same issue that senator brown raised, the issue of trade and i want to thank him and commend him for not only his leadership on this issue for many years his time in the u.s. house of representatives and now in the senate for the last eight years but especially his work and his focus on this issue most recently because we're moving into a period now of great debate about trade pr

we right now have at the ustr a chief agricultural negotiator. i support that as somebody helping to lead our efforts on agricultural policy. but we know to have a strong economy, it's about making things and growing things. and the making things part of it does not as a result a chief negotiator and that's why we in our bill create a chief manufacturing negotiator to focus squarely on the interests of manufacturers in our country. that would clearly send the message when we talk about growing the middle class growing the economy we're going to be laser focused on manufacturing as well as on agriculture. we know that for every $1 billion in goods we export, we support 5,800 american jobs. by passing the trade enforcement act, we will remove more trade barriers meaning that we will export more goods and create more american jobs. and we all want to create jobs and grow the economy. so i'm looking forward to working with colleagues in the months ahead to ensure that in this global marketplace where we find ourselves that there is, in fact a level p

at ustr we're advancing those goals by knocking down barriers to u.s. exports and leveling the playing field for american workers and businesses of all sizes. as we work to open markets around the world we're -- >> telling the american people the truth. you're trying to run this through congress on a fast track. it's going to hurt the american people. they're going to off shore our jobs and lower our wages. >> let's have order. all right. remove this person from the room. anybody else -- anybody else does this, we're going to -- >> be able to protect our workers from deplorable conditions. the american people are -- >> no dpp! >> okay. >> supersized tax code ksh -- >> remove these people. a democracy, not secrecy. >> no dpp. >> no gpp. no gpp! no gpp! no gpp! no gpp! >> all right. let's take -- now, look the committee will be in order. comments from the audience are inappropriate, out of order. if there's any further disruption, the committee will recess until the police can restore order. let me say this, i understand that some people have strong feeli

and to the ita what is the ustr's plan to bring the ita to completion? >> well, thank you. thank you, senator. we reached a significant breakthrough with china in november along the lines you said, which allows us to restart the negotiations in geneva. we made some progress there. we're encouraging both parties to come to the table to negotiate. we are each trying to create enough benefit for all the parties on the benefit to sign onto the agreement. we're encouraging china in order to bring ita to a closure. it's estimated to increase global gdp by $190 million, including 60,000 jobs in the u.s. and so we are very focused on trying to resolve the remaining differences. >> thank you. and it is certainly something important to my state of the south, south carolina, perhaps without question one of the states that would benefit the most from such an agreement would be south carolina. but when i look at the president's record as relates to negotiating on behalf of the nation i turn my attention to things like the iran sanctions negotiations where we've seen delay after delay af

ustr that explicitly. are you aware of any such document, not asking about your position on administrative action, i'm asking about a document in this regard? >> if there is this document and you know of it i would certainly like to know of the document. i don't have knowledge of a 100 page -- >> i didn't say when the page did i? i just had a document. i do know how many pages. you are not aware of any document? >> i have come as i've said there isn't administrative action -- >> i don't, i made it clear that understand your point of view on that. is there a document as to a reaction from hhs should the case be won by the plaintiff in the supreme court's? >> with regard to a reaction, as i said, because i've articulated that, want to be careful because i have articulate speech as i have tried to be careful. >> the problem with regard to this question of what will happen we know many people are in the marketplace, how many -- >> yes, that is filibustering. i understand that. i'm asking whether there's any do