democratic leader. mr. schumer: are we in a quorum? the presiding officer: we are. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the quorum be dismissed. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: thank you, madam president. i'm going to spend the bulk of my time this afternoon focusing on the tax plan, but first i must address president trump's trip to asia. without exaggeration, the president's trip to asia has been one of the most embarrassing foreign trips a president has taken in my memory. it shows when it comes to foreign policy, president trump is not ready for prime time. after a campaign in which he routinely criticized china -- rightly, in my opinion -- for rapacious trading practices that have stolen american jobs and depressed american wages, president trump went to china and gave them a get out of jail free card. instead of speaking sternly and truthfully to the chinese leaders about the realities of our imbalanced and unfair trade system where we play by the rules...