brown. senator wyden. >> just on that last point because i'm ao. posed to this amendment. this question of government handouts. the kind of people who are using investor state are environmental companies. the people who are on the cutting edge of the kind of innovations senator cantwell is talking about. i don't consider those people some kind of corporate handout client that is looking for favors. they are looking for a fair shake of business overseas. i have focused on the investor state provision to ensure that tpa directs the negotiators to get the right kind of investor state. and let me make clear what i think the right kind of investor state provision calls for. number one, there would be no greater rights for foreign companies. number two, we preserve we lock in, we embed america's right to regulate. number three, we have a more transparent process. number four, we have stronger protections for american sovereignty. the language the amendment would strike is important to ensure that any kind of investor state provision contains the protections against frivolous cla

wyden. and no. mr. schuman. aye by proxy. mr. nelson. aye. mr. menendez. aye. mr. brown. aye. mr. warner. aye. mr. chairman. hairman votes no. the final tally is 12-14. senator hatch: it is not agreed to. >> i want to thank you and ranking member whiten. -- wyden. no. i filed two amendments. one is the expansion of a apprentice program. we have to talk about how we train the workforce. we had a hearing. both labor and business supported the apprentice program. i would hope that we can look at this moving forward. so appreciate looking at that, the other within is obviously the clean energy tax credit which um. we have many jobs here that the u.s. can be competitive in. i look forward to working with you and senator wyden on both amendments in the future. senator hatch thank you very : much. as you know. you filed to the taa bill and i inclued your first in the modification to the chairman's customs bill. and i think that the other two amendments would be more appropriate to look at in the context. i will look forward to working with you on these two issues. >> if you mean timely attention, before descender q

brown? >> i appreciate the work of ranking member wyden on this closing an outdated edd loophole on this. i think it's important to look briefly at a little history. this language in 307 of smood-holly. we know when that came about and what history thinks about it. the exception was included in 1930, before the law passed a law banning child labor. fair labor standards act, which outlawed child labor was signed into law in 1938. the convention against the worst forms of child labor. we ratified the minimum age of work. we passed laws against child labor in congress. we're a partner in international efforts to eradicate child labor. chairman ryan's customs bill contains the exact language of this amendment. it is imperative the senate not be silent on this issue and let it play out without our involvement. child labor is never okay. >> distinguished senator, i support the language that would prohibit the goods that is found with specific evidence was produced by forced labor, including child labor. i've been working with senator wyden and others to wind compromise language on this topic. w

senator brown: thank you, mr. chairman. senator wyden, thank you. mr. trumka, mr. donahue, good to see you both. mr. trumka, a lot of people accuse you and me of being against trade and protectionist and being stuck in the last century or even the one before the last century. did a.f.l. oppose this from the beginning? mr. trumka: we engaged almost five years ago, we submitted dozens and dozens, a couple hundred suggested language changes to make the agreement better. we did and still want to be able to support t.p.p., but in its current standards, it falls far short. senator brown: you could see from the amendments a number of us will offer, there will be a lot of them, mr. chairman, as you may have heard by now, that we will be offering on thursday, or wednesday, i guess, you could see that this trade agreement, the t.p.a. and t.p.p. could be improved significantly if -- if you would take two or three ideas that you have tried to constructively engage u.s.t.r. or the staff of this committee in to give me just some ideas of where we could do much better than we are

brown: thank you mr. chairman. senator wyden, thank you. mr. trumka, mr. donahue, good to see you both. mr.rumka, a lot of people accuse you and me against trade and protectionist and being stuck in the last century or even the one before the last century. did a.f.l. oppose the -- this from the beginning? mr. trumka: we engaged almost five years ago we submitted dozens and dozens, a couple hundred suggested language changes to make the agreement better. we did and still want to be able to support t.p.p., but in its current standards, it falls far short. senator brown: you could see from the amendments a number of us will offer, there will be a lot of them, mr. chairman, as you may have heard by now, that we will be offering on thursday or wednesday, i guess, you could see that this trade agreement, the t.p.a. and t.p.p. could be improved significantly if -- if you would take two or three ideas that you have tried to constructively engage u.s.t.r. or the staff of this committee in to give me just some ideas of where we could do much better than we are doing on this. mr. trumka: with regard t

wyden. >> very briefly, mr. chairman very late. just two quick points. one, i ask consent that i be permitted to change my vote on the brown taa amendment. i've long supported the idea the maximum amount of funding for taa obviously was a question going back and forth. between the house and the senate on this issue we've cleared it. changing my vote won't affect the outcome of the vote. i want to change to aye to increase funding. gl what does that make the vote? >> of course. 13 ayes, 13 nays. >> anybody else? >> the last point, very last point and i think chairman hatch appropriately ought to close, the government's solar enforcement case was raised earlier and i think it's important to note that this is exactly the kind of more aggressive enforcement that our country needs to see particularly as it relates to renewable energy. that's why we have the early warning system and be talking with a number of you about that in the days ahead. mr. chairman, thank you. >> thank you senator. i ask you now consent to change senator thune's vote from nay to aye. >> without objection. we need to give a few minutes to get some final d

wyden.>> very briefly mr. chairman just two quick points. i ask unanimous consent that i be permitted to change my vote on the brown taa amendment. i've long supported the idea that the maximum amount of funding for taa was going back and forth between house and senate on this issue. i'm changing my vote won't affect the optimal but then i ask is it to be recorded as an aye on the brown laminate to increase funding.>> what does that make the vote if i can ask the clerk? >> it would make the final tally 13 ayes, 13 amex.>> the last point and i think chairman hatch -- the government's solar enforcement case was raised earlier and i think it's important to note that this is exactly the more aggressive enforcement that our country needs to see particularly as it relates to renewable energy. that's why we have the early warning system and i'll be talking with a number of you about that in the days ahead.>> thank you senator. i ask unanimous consent to change senator thune's vote realm yea an a and senator burr's book from yea an a on the white and brown number 70 on customs. without objection so ordered. we need to give a few minutes

brown and center casey. i ask unanimous consent that senator schumer be added as a co-sponsor to this amendment. we have talked about the importance of tba and i agree with what senator wyden said it is underlying bill is important for us to pass because it will expand opportunities for workers in my state and around the country. it's been seven years since we have it had a trade promotion authority in the meantime there've been hundreds of trade agreements and we have been locked out. this means we lost market share but as we do this let's be sure it's fair to the american workers and right now the playing field is against us. we had a discussion about this in the context of senator schumer's legislation offered as an amendment and everybody around the room i think agrees manipulation is something that to be prohibiting. senator schumer talked about doing it for a specific mechanism that countervailing duties. i support that. i'm a co-sponsor of the legislation but this is about within trade professional authority including one of the negotiating objectives that we look at currency. i would find it very hard to believe that someone could have voted on the specific measure

wyden, a democrat. next we will go to a tweet from a sender of missouri, roy blunt. "trade supports our country's economic growth, create jobs, and helps our competitiveness." one more tweet from sherrod brown"trade deals have amounted to corporate handouts and workers sellouts, no more." you can reach us at @cspanwj. next up is tim who also opposes the fasttrack legislation. tim, are you with us? caller: yes. host: good morning, you are on "washington journal," go ahead. caller: i think this legislation needs a full vote in the house and senate. the people need to be fully informed of the consequences of this bill that has the potential and far-reaching effects for our economy, particularly at this time when our economy is so fragile. host: one group that is supporting this legislation is "the wall street journal"'s opinion page. "the overdue trade bill came out of orrin hatch and ron wyden. it is also supported by the house ways and means committee chairman, paul ryan. what has become the political verities of our time, distrust of obama. normally, -- on the democratic left the opposition includes an array of union environmentalists, and antibusiness activist, and the man presumed to be t

i want to thank senators brown wyden, stabenow, casey and reid for their leadership on this amendment. we have made great strides in recent years to ensure americans of all ages have access to quality health care, but a huge part of the success to increase the access to quality health care comes from chip which provides insurance to low- and moderate-income children and pregnant women. we know chip works. it serves more than eight million children including more than 150,000 in colorado. this is health care they might not otherwise achieve. unfortunately the house failed to take full advantage of this moment and this moment to compromise and extended funding for two years. chip is authorized through 2019. this would extend it for two additional years. the very physicians who would be helped would see increased reimbursement when they treat these children -- the presiding officer: the senator's time has expired. mr. bennet: i yield the floor and ask my colleagues to support the amendment. mr. grassley: mr. president? mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. mr. gras