mr. donohue. i visited with a number of the members of the chamber and the interest of my colleagues who are here to ask questions, i will fore bear any further statement at this time, mr. chairman. senator hatch: thank you, senator wyden. our first witness is thomas j. donohue, the president and c.e.o. of the u.s. chamber of commerce, the largest business organization in the world. representing the interest of more than three million businesses across various sectors and industries. he's held this position at the u.s. chamber since 1997. we've had a lot of experience working together. prior that i served as president and c.e.o. of the american trucking association for 13 years. earlier in his career he served as a deputy assistant postmaster general of the united states and vice president of development at fairfield university. mr. donohue seached a bachelor's degree from st. john's bifert -- university and an mba from a delphi university. so we welcome you, mr. donohue to the finance committee. w

mr. donohue. i visited with a number of the members of the chamber and the interest of my colleagues who are here to ask questions, i will fore bear any further statement at this time, mr. chairman. senator hatch: thank you, senator wyden. our first witness is thomas j. donohue, the president and c.e.o. of the u.s. chamber of commerce, the largest business organization in the world. representing the interest of more than three million businesses across various sectors and industries. he's held this position at the u.s. chamber since 1997. we've had a lot of experience working together. prior that i served as president and c.e.o. of the american trucking association for 13 years. earlier in his career he served as a deputy assistant postmaster general of the united states and vice president of development at fairfield university. mr. donohue seached a bachelor's degree from st. john's bifert -- university and an mba from a delphi university. so we welcome you, mr. donohue to the finance committee. w

mr. donohue. we know you're busy people and we know you're sincere people in your respective areas of the law. senator wyden, let's turn to you, first. senator wyden: thank you, mr. chairman. i indicated i want our colleagues ask their questions. i want to make very quick points. mr. trumka, with whom i agree so often, suggested there would be insufficient public scrutiny of t.p.p. colleagues, under this legislation, by law the american people will have t.p.p. in their hands for two months before the president signs it and months more before it is fully debated on the floor of the house and senate. so with that i want to have my colleagues ask questions. senator hatch: mr. donohue, as you noted in your opening testimony and as i've been saying for years now, since trade promotion authority expired in 2007, our countries other competitors in the world marketplace have not been sitting on their laurels when it comes to trade. indeed, there are hundreds of free trade agreements around the world that a

mr. donohue for trade promotion authority for the president, and richard trump on the other side of the issueing that congress should stand in the way of this and get a better deal in terms of trade. here are some of their testimony this morning from the senate finance committee. >> why does trade matter to the country? it comes down to american jobs. one in four manufacturing jobs depends on exports. one in three acres of american farms is planted for consumers overseas. all told, nearly 40 million american jobs depend on trade. >> i can understand my friend tom advocating for fast-track. his members have benefited by him, benefited greatly. but the average working folks in this country haven't. and we needed different deal. -- we need a different deal. peter: some of the arguments for and against trade promotion by the president. i'm joined by tom carper democrat -- of delaware. they will vote on whether or not to give the president fast-track authority as soon as tomorrow. you are a yes on this? senator carper: ever president has had this but in. peter: i heard skeptical democrats. not eve

mr. donohue, you've been around here a long time. you're no shrinking violet. you handle yourself very well and you represent the business community. mr. trumka, you're a tough guy. you're a smart guy. even though we disagree on this bill i've been paying pretty strict attention to you too. this is basically your administration that is doing this. i'm trying to help the president on this bill. i personally think they're right in pushing it the way they have. i still have the obligation to just tell you how much i respect and appreciate you as well. i look forward to everything. i think we got to find some things to work on together. i'm going to count on you to help me understand that. with that we'll recess until further notice. >> thank you. >>> in terms of the enforced bill that's part of the senate version authorization that's meant resistance in the house with a like protect for the same issue to fight evasion of duties. do you see compromise there or think you will go within force tomorrow? >> i think we'll go within force. we have worked this out for year

mr. donohue, you've been around here a long time. you're no shrinking violet, i'll tell you, and you handle yourself very well and you represent the business community about as well as anybody i have ever seen, and i have seen a lot of great business leaders. mr. trumka i think you represent the unions very well. you're a tough guy, you're a smart guy and even though we disagree on this bill i have been paying pretty strict attention to you, too. this is basically your administration that is doing this. i'm trying to help the president on this bill. i personally think they're right in pushing it the way they have but i still have the obligation to just tell you how much i respect and appreciate you as well. and i look forward to -- we're going to have to find some things we can work on together, and we have in the past but i think we've got to find some things to work on together, and i'm going to count on you to help me to understand that, okay? but with that let me just say that i've been really appreciative that you both have been

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