joining me now is congresswoman rosa delauro.f we do the tpp. >> first of all, a delight to be back with you again. i think what the president's comments just reinforced is what the serious complaints all of us have with the transpacific partnership agreement. and that you reinforce it with what the steel companies have said on filing against china. this is an agreement that will lose jobs and depress wages. we have been saying that all along. and i think what the president has walked into here is saying that, in fact this is the case and this is what will happen. in addition to which because it is also job-related, ed is that china practices currency manipulation. >> there is nothing in the agreement and the president would veto an agreement with a currency chapter in it but well renowned people said currency manipulation has caused the loss of between 1 million and 5 million jobs in the united states. not only japan that does this. you'll have malaysia and also china. the president has just contradicted his own arguments about

and the leader of this fight has been congressman rosa delauro. she has done an amazing job. a lot of members of congress are really opposed to fast-track. they were disgusted by the taa put in front of them. it was underfunded, cut out lots of categories for workers. it was accompanied by a cut in medicare dialysis funding. all around, i think our main piece of business is to thank those members of congress who voted to vote no on tpa but critically those who voted on taa deserve ourthanks. and when this vote continues, we need them to do the right thing is save us from fast tracking the tpp. it is a lot of pressure. the white house spent the whole weekend browbeating democrat and trying to get them to flip their votes on taa. if the taa part of the bill is passed, that was in the fast-track package to the president's desk. the revote will be on taa first and then who knows what the republican leadership will come up with next, so stay tuned. amy: jeffrey sachs overall hillary clinton's rollout speech on roosevelt island on saturday and then in des moines iowa on sunday, can

and my amendment, i must first go back to something that representative delauro said, the chances of stopping this may be slim and none, and slim just left town. so i'm offering an amendment. and that is a serious amendment. it's an amendment in the nature of a substitute. it's actually a bill -- it is the bill to repeal m-cool that chairman sessions you were a sponsor of in 2005. speaker boehner was a sponsor of this bill. mr. conaway, our chairman was a sponsor of this bill. and what the bill did in 2005 was replace mandatory country of origin labelling with a voluntary country of origin labeling. and i think -- i don't know how the baby got thrown out with the bath water here. but if mr. mcgovern said he was looking for a compromise. and i've been looking for a compromise too. and finger we had a voluntary program to replace the mandatory program, it would certainly satisfy the constraints of the world trade organization. and i find it a little bit ironic that we're sitting here in congress trying to make our laws compliant with another country's laws. but if that's the goal, then

delauro: mr. speaker, the vote on trade adjustment assistance failed in the house of representatives last friday by a 3-1 margin. yet, this rule today would extend the revote on trade adjustment assistance through the end of july. this is one more attempt to play games with the future of hardworking families. american workers demand and they deserve respect, they deserve a living wage, and the right not to have their job shipped overseas. that is what we are united in fighting for. a vote for this rule is a vote for fast track a vote for fast strack a vote against jobs and against wages. the united states trade policy has been failing american workers. failing american consumers and families for 20 years. the u.s.-korea free trade agreement has already cost up to 75000 jobs. and it was just passed three years ago. up to five million jobs have been destroyed by currency manipulation. and a number of the signatories to this trade agreement, their policy is to manipulate their country, to have their

trying to block that is democrat rosa delauro. my greatest fear is that what we will do is to put this nation's health at risk. >> reporter: she says we would be pressured to adopt asian standards that for example, allow drugs and fungicides not legal to use here. >> our limited inspection capacity means some of these tainted products make it on to grocery store shelves. >> reporter: a seafood lobbying group calls that a protectionist-driven fake food safety scare and the white house says the treaty would make seafood safer. >> the fact of the matter is the reason we engage in these kind of trade agreements is because we want to raise standard. >> reporter: tpp is backed by most republicans. >> it will be a big win for american jobs and american leadership. >> reporter: most democrats are opposed. >> the last and worst trade agreement in a 20-year history of job-killing trade agreements. >> reporter: shrimp is just one issue. the showdown on the pacific trade deal could come tomorrow. i'm steve handlesman nbc news capitol hill. >>

delauro: mr. speaker, the debate today is about one issue. it comes down to one question. do we support hardworking americans or do we abandon them? and a vote for these bills is a vote against jobs and it's a vote against wages. the trade adjustment assistance bill is underfunded. it excludes teachers, police officers firefighters and farmers who are hurt when production jobs are shipped abroad go overseas. if we want to protect working families we must stop fast tracking bad trade deals. fast track denies public scrutiny, it denies debate in this house and it relinquishes our congressional authority and does not allow us to amend a piece of legislation that will have such an effect on people's lives in this country. why is this trade agreement in so much difficulty? why, because this is the first time that a majority of the congress is starting to say we need to prioritize what is happening to the hardworking men and women in our country. what is happening to their lives? what is their struggle? and this trade agreement is only going to hurt their ability to have a job a

delauro, thank you very much. mr. stivers? >> thank you.o the chairman, it sure seems like the outcome is clear if we don't do anything here, that our exporters are going to be punished. our consumers will be punished. what good can come of doing nothing? >> well, we're pretty good at doing nothing here from time to time. we're always behind the curve. this is an opportunity to get ahead of that issue. canada and mexico have been stunningly clear. they don't want to negotiate. they don't want to do a deal. they want four times the retaliatory measures could approach $3.6 billion. 970 -- $797 million for new york. i've got the numbers for the other states if you're interested. but this -- they're going get it. the cotton case is a good example of why not to delay. we spent about $600 million in holding aloft ransom while they finally lost the case. and it doesn't make any sense to try to negotiate with partners who do not want to negotiate. they won. so time is of the essence. we need to get it done and move on there is no -- even if the ret

delauro: i rise in strong opposition to this bill. let me put out the irony we are considering this bill, what could be a matter of days before we will vote on the administration's request for trade promotion authority. last month, president obama said in his speech at nike, and i quote right here critics warn that parts of this deal, the transpacific partnership would undermine american regulation. food safety, worker safety even financial regulations. they are making this stuff up, he said. this is not true he said. no trade agreement is going to force us to change our law. country of origin labeling was passed by the senate passed by the house. it is the law of the land. and yet today the house of representatives is getting ready to repeal countries of origin labeling. why? because the world trade organization ruled against it a trade agreement, ruled against it. contrary to what the president has said, trade agreements have a direct effect on our sovereignty. they have the ability to uproot domestic laws here in the united states.

speaking at of the vote, rosa delauro said the tpp will hurt u.s. workers. >> the vote last friday in today's vote are critical and letting the american public know where we stand and that in fact we prioritize their economic security, their jobs, their increased wages, that we are opposed to special interest, and that is what is transpacific partnership is all about. we must -- we must reject this bill. amy: the fast-track measure now goes to the senate where it faces an uncertain future. the supreme court has ruled texas can reject license plates the beach of the confederate flag. a group called the sons of confederate veterans had sought to produce the plate is a tribute to confederate soldiers but in a five to four decision, the supreme court found license plate designs constitute government speech. two police officers in anniston alabama have been suspended over allegations they belong to a hate group. the southern poverty law center outed the officers, both lieutenants, as members of the league of the south, a neo-confederate white-supremacist

chairman conaway and ranking member delauro for appearing before us today. actually, i dealt with this in my former life as director of agriculture in the state of washington. if you recall we had the cow that stole christmas in 2003. the mad cow disease that came in from canada. >> canada. >> and as a result of a lot of work, a lot of time, a lot of dollars invested, we do now have animal traceability. and it's been something that the usda has been working very hard on. but from what i understand, that this is -- this particular part of the law does not deal with safety issues. >> no, it doesn't. i never said that. >> so we're talking about marketing issues. >> right. >> and i guess not to mix the two, i wanted to focus a little bit on some of the things we've been hearing lately. i'm sure many of us have been, that the threats of retaliation are saber rattling by canada and mexico, that there is a lot of maybes and could bes and potential -- a lot of different words like that are used. i don't want to respond with the knee-jerk reaction either. i want to m

joining me now is congresswoman rosa delauro. thank you for taking a few moments this morning.ad in its tracks. what happened? >> well first of all, let me just say good morning to you, steve. delighted to be here with you and delighted to talk about the trade issue. and i think one has to take a look about what -- how important what happened with regard to this agreement, the outcome. the outcome is. and clearly, there was a one-vote victory in the senate for the president. but i think what the real story is on the trade agreement, is that democrats are united and democrats are no longer going to vote for a trade agreement that loses american jobs and depresses people's wages. i mean so those days are gone. and i think that that is really the message. and when you take a look at what i call the unity of the democrats, 85% of the house of representatives democrats voted no. all of the house leadership voted no. 70% of the democratic senators voted no. all but two of the democratic leadership in the senate voted no. all of the democratic standard bearers and the likely nominee a

delauro: 10 seconds. ms. slaughter: 30. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from connecticut is recognized for 30 seconds. ms. delauro: the vote last friday and today's vote are critical in letting the american public know where we stand and that in fact we prioritize their economic security, their jobs, their increased wages that we are opposed to special interests and that's what this trans-pacific partnership is all about. . we must, we must reject this bill. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back her time. gentlelady from new york reserves her time. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. sessions: thank you very much. there's a lot of confusion down here. everybody thinks we are now talking about obamacare and we are not. when the gentlewoman talked about diminishing wages, diminishing job opportunities for the future -- ms. slaughter: will the gentleman yield? mr. sessions: mr. speaker, i've got the time. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the

i would ask unanimous consent to put in the record a letter from congresswoman delauro addressed to you and mr. green. mr. pitts: without objection. so ordered. mr. pallone: thank you. increasing access to nutrition information can play an important role in fighting our nation's battle against obesity and diet-related disease. obesity in this country is far too common affecting 78 million adults and 13 million children and it is a serious and costly health problem such as heart disease, stroke and type ii diabetes, some of the leading causes of preventable death. while there are many factors, we know that are overconsumption of calories is one of the primary causes and i have provided information to consumers. thanks to the labeling and education act of which i was a co-sponsor, this information has been available on packaged food items. it's not always been available to american families when eating out. this is a critical gap when you consider american families are eating out twice as often and spend half of their food dollars on food made outside of their home. the congress passed la

i would ask unanimous consent to put in the record a letter from congresswoman delauro addressed to yound mr. green. mr. pitts: without objection. so ordered. mr. pallone: increasing access to nutrition information can play an important role in fighting obesity. obesity in this country is far too common affecting 78 million adults and 13 million children and it is a serious and costly health problem such as heart disease, stroke and type ii diabetes. while there are many factors we know that are overconsumption of calories is one of the primary causes and i have provided information to consumers. thanks to labeling and education act which i was a co-sponsor, this information has been available on pack acknowledged food items. it's not only been available to american families when eating out. this is a critical gap when you consider american families are eating out twice as often and spend half of their food dollars on food made outside of their home. the congress passed labeling requirements in 2010. under the law, restaurants and retail food establishments with 20 or more locations doi

delauro: mr. speaker, the debate today is about one issue. it comes down to one question. do we support hardworking americans or do we abandon them? and a vote for these bills is a vote against jobs and it's a vote against wages. the trade adjustment assistance bill is underfunded. it excludes teachers, police officers firefighters and farmers who are hurt when production jobs are shipped abroad go overseas. if we want to protect working families we must stop fast tracking bad trade deals. fast track denies public scrutiny, it denies debate in this house and it relinquishes our congressional authority and does not allow us to amend a piece of legislation that will have such an effect on people's lives in this country. why is this trade agreement in so much difficulty? why, because this is the first time that a majority of the congress is starting to say we need to prioritize what is happening to the hardworking men and women in our country. what is happening to their lives? what is their struggle? and this trade agreement is only going to hurt their ability to have a job a

delauro as they move up to the table. i want to introduce some interns that i have, college interns from my office. kat from southern methodist -- we'll break away here. >> that's the rules committee from yesterday. they approved for a rule for consideration of two measures coming up on the house floor shortly. the country of origin labeling requirements for beef, pork, and chicken, and also the 2016 defense appropriations bill. the house will take those up this afternoon. we'll go live now to the house floor here on c-span. the speaker: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by our guest chaplain temperature am emmanuel texas.

delauro: mr. speaker, the vote on trade adjustment assistance failed in the house of representatives last friday by a 3-1 margin. yet, this rule today would extend the revote on trade adjustment assistance through the end of july. this is one more attempt to play games with the future of hardworking families. american workers demand and they deserve respect, they deserve a living wage, and the right not to have their job shipped overseas. that is what we are united in fighting for. a vote for this rule is a vote for fast track a vote for fast strack a vote against jobs and against wages. the united states trade policy has been failing american workers. failing american consumers and families for 20 years. the u.s.-korea free trade agreement has already cost up to 75000 jobs. and it was just passed three years ago. up to five million jobs have been destroyed by currency manipulation. and a number of the signatories to this trade agreement, their policy is to manipulate their country, to have their

senator kristen gillibrand and rosa delauro have a bill right now.r of states are considering their unpaid leave policy. when you think about it, the whole issue on paid family leave stalled out after 1993 when president clinton signed the family medical leave act into law, which allows 12 weeks of unpaid leave. it has been nothing for over 20 years, and all of a sudden it is a big political issue. host: you write "the first antedate the last time -- and to date the last time a sitting president took action on a family leave was when bill clinton signed the family and medical leave act, making it his first law in office." talk about this law. it is on paid family leave. what is the impact of unpaid family leave on women in the workplace and our economy ec? guest: it is on everyone because women are not the only ones raising kids and taking care of their parents or themselves. we see this as a women's issue but it is really everyone's issue. we think of it as a parent's issue, but we may not all be parents, but we have parents. when we talk about fami

then they went back because of what nancy pelosi said and what rosa delauro's set on our side. let's not do this because you will lose votes if you're trying to get to that promise land of getting the legislation. you ask me today, i could not tell you whether or not at this given moment, because it could be the rule. that is an interesting way to get legislation passed. we need transparency here and i do not believe we have it. host: massachusetts, dave is next. you're on the air. caller: good morning. i am a conscious constitutional republican. i follow what the senate and what the house of representatives to, what the president does, and you know, i see here that congress has the responsibility to regulate commerce. congress cannot give up its power. guest: oh yes it can. caller: it has already given up enough. guest: that's right. i do not know if you heard what i said before, those beating on the president trying to grab too much power congress has laid out fundamental principles and then congress does not act on those principles, the president has felt absolutely determin

this year, i introduced with my colleagues, rosa delauro and peter king, the accelerating biomedical research act. over the next six years our legislation would provide an additional $50 billion in funding for the national institutes of health above what is currently budgeted. we also established the house n.i.h. caucus to rally members to increase the purchasing power of n.i.h. congress should also pass the hope act, the hope for alzheimer's act, the advancing research and neurological diseases act. mr. garamendi again, thank you for your leadership and we obviously as a congress have a long way to go. the orgyps of alzheimer's disease are unknown, but its ends are absolutely serb. it ends in losing your cognitive ability, your dignity, and then it takes your life. it's time the congress in a bipartisan effort provide robust funding to alzheimer's research to end this terrible, terrible disease for future generations. i yield back. . mr. garamendi: this chart points out what you and ms. waters were talking about and this is the extraordinary expense. and this is 2015. and we expect

delauro, two ranking members. it is an amendment that is supported by the house armed services committee and ranking member of the house armed services committee. the navy league, united auto workers, afl-crmp io and the amendment has this support. it's because it is rare and once every other generation that we have to build like the ohio class submarine and falls upon this generation. in four years, we will begin the procurement and six years, build boats that will carry 70% of the nuclear deterrent $92 billion. the fund we formed last year helps us prepare for that. instead of waiting until the night before to come up with $92 billion. it transfers $1.4 billion into a fund and a rare thing for government to actually prepare in advance and still awaiting until the last minute to prepare. and it will help us purchase in bulk and save millions perhaps billions of dollars. there are those who say with all the threats we cannot find creative solutions and have to do things the way we have always done it. we disagree.

delauro. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized for two minutes. ms.delauro: i rise in opposition to this bill yet again this deliberately sets out to weaken one of our most important financial regulators, the commodities futures trading commission. it fails to fix the biggest challenge. it prioritizes wall street's special interests over the economic security of our nation 's families. this is a bill for another financial disaster like the one that led to the great recession and cost nearly 9 million american jobs. americans are tired of banking speculation and want big banks and oil speculators held accountable. they want to increase the transportation of our markets for market failures. that is cftc's job. this bill takes us in the wrong direction. instead of helping the cftc fulfill its mandate in an increasingly complex global structure cftc is one of two tin shal regulators reliant upon the general fund. the securities and exchange commission, the fd deposit insurance corporation federal housing agency and a host of others all collect user fees.

caucus with representatives rosa delauro and peter king. i urge my colleagues to join us as we worge together to develop a plan to increase the purchasing power of the national institutes of health. the time to act is now. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the distinguished gentleman from oklahoma seek recognition? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> men doesn't usually like to talk about their health but the well-being of every man in the united states is an important topic. mr. speaker this week is national men's health week, a time where we have the opportunity to have a serious conversation about our health. despite advances in medical technology and research, men to continue to live an average of five years less than women. even more, men are less likely than women to seek preventative care. as the co-chair of the bipartisan congressional men's health caucus, lim i'm