we have kevin brady here, ranking member of the ways and means committee.ah. >> we've all benefitted from cheap goods from china for 20 years. everybody does business there. our inflation rate was a point lower over 20 years because of this symbiotic relationship with china. it's tough to break that >> it is look, there's always been a tradeoff, you know, for companies doing business in china and chasing customers there and consumers who buy. we know that i think it's become a star contrast here. people know this more vividly than they did before, but i do think we -- we have a moment in time here where we can reset that trade relationship with china. i sense that these discussions are on the right path. looks like they're making progress in this earlier this week china sort of to echo what we're hearing about the negotiations came out with two new regulations dealing with intellectual property, forced transfer, protecting trade secrets, exchange type issues. that's not a solution. the point is there seems to be pretty solid progress towards this phase one,

kevin brady expressing optimism that it could happen.ir charles grassley hopes it is soon. he joins me on the phone. what if the year-ends and that is not approved in congress, what then? >> we can't that happen. a lot of important things don't get done during an election gear, so i am convinced it is going to get done this year and that comes from repeated at insurances, only once to me personally, three months ago, when i had a meeting pelosi, she indicated she wanted to get to yes but it had to take some time some of her new members comfortable with it. she was recently, even since this impeachment stuff come up, she said that, left the caucus of her party and she said she wanted to get to yes and she wanted to, even with impeachment. she wanted to, to continue to work with the white house on prescription drugs and on usmca. and then the last thing i will say is that there has been some negotiations going on between lighthizer and the democrats in the house that have some concerns about labor environment and enforcement and i have hea

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earlier this month i wrote a column with congressman kevin brady, the ranking republican on the house, ways, and means committee. we wrote that time would tell if democrats cared more about undermining president trump than helping the american economy and job creation as a result of it. today it's looking more like the former than the latter. if usmca is not brought up for a vote in the house very soon, democrats will have a price to pay next year when the american people have a chance to weigh in. there's little americans dislike more than the politics that is zero sum oppose the other party's politics no matter the cost. the usmca would create hundreds of thousands of jobs, protect american industries, and provide confidence to u.s. businesses and innovators to invest right here in america. that's what democrats seem willing to sacrifice by inaction on the usmca. but democrats are making the wrong political calculus. this underestimates the intelligence of the american voter and their ability to sniff out phony. president trump has done his job. he's renegotiated a trade deal that n

. >> bill: kevin brady at the microphone. we have a great panel. i need two quick answers. said there may be absences today. what would explain that for such a critical day? >> it is hard to get everybody in the same room at the same time. people are sick, have lives, funerals to go to. they almost never have perfect attendance in the house of representatives. >> bill: is that a way of escaping this vote today possibly? >> there are members who once in a while with will do that. when i spoke to members on both sides of the aisle they feel very passionately about this vote and view it as their duty for or against it is something they'll cast a ballot for. members generally take the high road on those issues. the only thing you're guaranteed to do in congress is cast a vote on the house floor. you aren't guaranteed an amendment or anything else. you are guaranteed a vote. >> bill: speaker pelosi said if the spirit moves me i'll vote. i don't think i'll need it. adam schiff. >> the days and weeks ahead may be the most important service as members of congress we will ever pay t