mccaul: yes i am. the two sticking points or labor issues with mexico and also the patents on pharmaceuticals going from 10 years to where they are today. this is an important piece of legislation and a treaty we need to put through the congress. we are talking about 12 million american jobs, $1.2 trillion for the american people. my home state of texas, mexico is the largest trading partner and it is about one million jobs for texas and $137 billion. a lot has been made about given the president a political win. i would argue this should not be held hostage by politics. this is a win for the american worker, first and foremost. it is not a win for either political party, but rather the american worker. it is imperative we pass this as soon as possible. david: exactly. from both sides of the aisle, they say this is a win for the american worker. talking about holding it hostage. what is mitch mcconnell say we will not get to it until after impeachment? what it we just voted through on the house and sen

mccaul, and of course ms. bass, who is also -- who has also been a great supporter of this legislation. mr. speaker, neglected tropical diseases or n.t.d.'s are a group of par setic and bacterial diseases, including worms, which blind, disfigure and sometimes kill victims from among the world's poorest people. trapping the most marginalized communities in cycles of poverty. there are numerous examples of them, including deng aye, leprosy. can you believe, mr. speaker, there are over 200,000 cases of leprosy in the world today. and there is an intervention, there are drugs that can treat, mitigate and even cure it. but sometimes people do not get access to them and that causes serious, serious problems. the worms, and i'll get that in a minute, are absolutely devastating as well, and they need to be addressed very aggressively. mr. speaker, approximately two billion people, almost 1/3 of the world's population, are at risk of contracting an n.t.d., and more than 1.4 billion people are currently afflicted with o

leaders and representatives including mac thornberry, joe wilson, mike rogers, michael turner, michael mccaul winston. french hill. matt gaetz. waltz and i want to to aa special shout out great gentleman who loves the military, loves this country. senatorim in half -- who worked so hard on this. i want to extend a special thanks to the commander of the air force, district -- in 10 major general ricky raab. and commander of the 11th wing and joint days andrews, colonel az.rew pur thank you. and i am profoundly grateful to everyone of america's airfields. there is no greater honor than to serve as your commander in chief. i especially want to thank the incredible people that fly in .aintain air force one you are the best of the best. q you i very much for doing such an edible job. the 2020 andng of a is a watershed moment in the truest sense of the word. before i came into office, the military had endured deep and divisive cuts. our military was very depleted. as a candidate for president i promise to reverse these ourpling cuts and inter military remains unchallenged and unrivaled anywhere in

powers that have underpinned the region's common currency since its creation soon after world war 2 mccaul president of france the west african regions former colonial power discussed the c.f.a. currency with desire of rico's counterparts. in abidjan. through for. this reform represents a big step in our will to make our region an integrated and dynamic economic space and a source of prosperity. to see if a phone call be renamed the echo it will remain pegged to the euro but currency union members won't have to keep the reserves in the french treasury and there will no longer be a french representative on the board because of the reform drew a line under colonial relics of the past so that the sick that's not the century that's being built today and i believe that for our 2 countries and for the relationship between the african continent and france it's a balance partnership. to see if a fault is currently used in 14 west and central african nations. fire stairs climbed to a 14 month high today the rally comes after the us government backed the company and its appeal against a judgement th

tuesday and already a rough week for french american relations amid a fresh confrontation between one mccaul and donald trump over nato a new tariff dispute seems more likely than never. french economy minister blue nor lemaire said a u.s. proposal to increase students on french products like champagne and cheese is quote unacceptable the tariffs announced on monday would be a reprisal for a new french digital services tax that would mainly hit american companies like google facebook and amazon french wine and champagne are always popular in the united states last year alone france exported some $3300000000.00 euros worth of wine in the spirits to the u.s. americans also enjoy french cheeses cosmetics and handbags but that could all change with the threats and tariffs tires that france is warning the white house not to introduce new cultures to the points you've been to so we trust in the very principle of sanctions because it's not the right policy between allies and it's not the right way to go. to do it the united states must know that it will work to engage in a new set of sanctions agai

distinguished military members, mac thornberry, joe wilson, mike rogers, michael turner, michael mccaulittman, french hill, matt gaetz, greg pence, and michael waltz. and i want to give a special shout out to a very great gentleman who loves the military, loves this country, senator jim inhofe, who has worked so hard on this. thank you, jim. thank you all. [applause] pres. trump: i want to extend a special thanks to commander of the air force district of washington major general ricky rupp. [applause] pres. trump: and commander of the 11th wing at joint base andrews, andrew purath. thank you. [applause] pres. trump: and i am profoundly grateful to everyone in america's airfield. that is what they call it, america's airfield. i use it often. there is no greater honor than to serve as your commander in chief. i especially want to thank the incredible people who fly and maintain air force one. you are the best of the best. thank you very much for doing such an incredible job. [applause] pres. trump: today's signing of the 2020 ndaa is a watershed event in the truest sense of the word. befo

renewed relations and improved relations with russia but also from neighboring friends of president mccaul for example but of course as this case develops germany will be looking on its neighbors full support in the same way that the u.k. did after the killing as are the poisoning should i say. of the form. double agent and his daughter in the u.k. say germany will be looking for its neighbors to its neighbors for some support as well within the e.u. and also. nato allies move closer we will have to see how this develops exactly how russia now will react so far we've had that they will react with most likely to the tat sanctions so we are expecting to see another couple of german diplomats expelled from russia but for now it seems that thing that these talks at least about ukraine about the ukraine peace process plan for next week those will go ahead and merkel has already said however that she will be raising this issue about this killing with president putin once again. thanks very much for that and really sure woman in moscow thanks so much to you as well thanks to both of you. let's ge

others injured it took place ahead of another postponed meeting between french president of money will mccaul and 5 west african leaders over security in the region. but france has insisted to the nato allies all of it to take the situation seriously and provide more support the lower court adele's known to the challenges piracy is facing and its former colony. africa has become a hotbed of terrorist activity as deadly attacks claiming hundreds of lives have spread like wildfire. europe will have 2 swords of damocles over its head terrorism and kidnappings but also illegal immigrants since many are traveling through these regions following one of the deadliest attacks in niger or 70 people were killed by islamists the big players have even postponed a big summit to reconsider their efforts the presidents of france uneasier agreed to postpone the summit on operation bachao nya on the joint chiefs on health force until early 2020 that you president say express their determination to remain united against terrorist groups and to redefine together in the coming weeks. the political and operationa

he has news from the house and senate on the usmca trade deal with republican michael mccaul and kevine off our highs for the session. a nice bounce on trade headlines . a potential phase one deal. this is bloomberg. ♪ david: from bloomberg world headquarters in new york to our tv and radio audiences worldwide, i am david westin. welcome to "balance of power," where the world of politics meets the world of business. we will start today with anna edgerson in washington. we have a lot to talk about with trade. we had the president tweeting this morning we are close to a big deal. what we make of that? heading toward the december 15 deadline where tariffs are set to go up on products from china. the question is whether you the united states will decide to put off those tariffs. that will be a signal we look for going forward to the final stage of negotiations with the phase one trade deal. if the tariffs are not put in place on december 15, that is a good sign for the negotiations. david: where does usmca stand? why are we getting it turned into legislation? anna: it takes a little bit of

david: that was ranking member of the house foreign relations committee congressman michael mccaul of talking to "balance of power" yesterday. carla hills is still with us. madame ambassador, is this still a victory? ills: i think it is a step forward. there are things i would not have purred -- i would not have preferred to have but we have a strong relationship with our northern and southern neighbors. he said 12 million jobs. i think the calculation is up to 14 million jobs for our interregional employment that comes from our trade with canada and mexico. war andover the trade upgrading the north american free trade agreement and moving forward is, in my view, a plus. careful -- david: i want to be careful when we talk about 14 million jobs. is that incremental, or is the alternative losing nafta? amb. hills: that is the alternative to losing nafta. when you look at what nafta accomplished, it created the most competitive region in the world. we not only make things together, we really work on strategic things together and we have high employment because of our integrated supply ch

mac thornberry, joe wilson, mike rogers, michael turner, michael mccaul, robert whitman, french hill,etz, greg pence, and michael waltz. and i want to give a special shout out to a ver rich allemand senator jim and off we worked so hard this. thank you. thank you all. i want to extend a special thanks to commander of the air force, district of washington, major general ricky rupp. and commander of the 11th wing and joint base andrews colonel andrew xerath. thank you. and i am profoundly grateful to everyone in america's airfield. that's what they call it. america's airfield. i use it often. there is no greater honor than to serve as your commander in chief. i especially want to thank the incredible people who fly and maintain air force one. you are the best of the best. thank you very much for doing such an incredible job. today's signing of the 2020 ndaa is a watershed event in the truest sense of the word. before i came into office, the military endured deep and devastating budget cuts. our military were quite frankly very depleted. as a candidate for president, i promise to reverse

, with under 80 senators voting for it, has a ompanion bill, h.r. 336, by lead republican michael mccaul of the house foreign affairs committee. there is a discharge petition 200 signatures on it led by congressman brian bring s. 1, h.r. 336 to the floor. statement a strong last summer and you wake up the next day and you're motivated to do something about it. we can right now with this time we're debating and with the vote that we're about to have, we can a bill with assing teeth to -- that would go to the resident's desk and would be signed into law. and that's where our focus should have been. his resolution before us today is deeply flawed. it's highly partisan. poorly timed and it's crafted. in last two years, israel has 2,600 rockets er and mortars. 1,500 of those rockets were gaza strip into israel. his is worst timing possible, h.res. 326 comes to the floor just one week after israel was over 450 rockets. ut in all the pages of this resolution, guess where it mentions palestinian terrorism? nowhere. this resolution fails to not only recognize -- it fails to latest recognize these

. >> i couldn't believe that when i was told that senator mccaul and has said that the senate is workingirectly with the white house to set up the rules that they want. that is a complete surrender of the constitutional duties and prerogatives of the senate. eventually dominic essentially turning them over to the white house. >> it's mostly about impeachment here in washington. it's not all about impeachment. the president also announcing today an agreement on phase one of a new trade deals with china. china has agreed to buy more agricultural products, energy and manufactured goods from the united states. there was also movement on intellectual property theft. that we don't not yet know exactly what that is all about. in exchange the president is going to cancel new tariffs that were scheduled to go in effect on sunday and will lower some other tariffs. still leave on tariffs at 25% on $250 billion in chinese goods. why? listen here. >> it's to me not complicated, but that's what i do. it's a phenomenal deal. the tariffs will largely remain at 25% in $250 billion. we will use them for f

conduct which can be charged because there is no penalty for domestic >>texas congressman michael mccaul is bill enjoys both bipartisan sponsorship and the backing of the fbi agents association right after a pass, so you didn't interview you said, we have to do more than denounce the hateful ideologies that spurred this type of violence. this sounds like the more. >>we're just simply giving another tool in the tool box to law enforcement and prosecutors use let aclu senior legislative and advocacy councilman are what he says the proposed law would allow more surveillance and infringe upon first amendment rights we're working with the criminal legal system that people have been trying to reform for a number of years because of the over criminalizateon of black and brown communities. >>creating more laws and powers when they have enough already would only harm those communities further. >>while he argues the new law would mean more surveillance and infringing upon first amendment rights without specifically targeting what the fbi has called one of the deadliest forms of domestic terror, wh

the honorable sheila jackson lee, the honorable lizey fletcher, the honorable ete olson, michael mccaul, honorable brian babin and honorable dan crenshaw and honorable kevin brady. it has a great president that responds to inquiries and to the patients themselves. i have known the patients who have had the opportunity to see the president of the hospital, dr. mark boon is the president. he is a medical doctor himself and he is the chief executive officer. this great institution is one that i'm proud to have in my congressional district. i'm proud to represent. and i'm also proud to say is a part of the great institutions in the united states of america. houston methodist hospital celebrating 100 years of faithful service and saving lives, not only in houston, harris county, in the state of texas but across the world. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. fitzpatrick, for five minutes. mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize the bucks county elite girls basketball program which were recognized and presented awards for their servic

mccaul believes that there will be a trial, that the president will be acquitted, so what i'm afraidof is that the power of the president will be empowered to break more rules. i don't think he's capable of. and i hope that's not true. so what happens after? this and i want to read a quote from james madison in 51. when he talked about the balance of, and i'm an amateur i, hope to say this in front of a professional like mr. raskin, but i want him to reply to. this i don't take is this as a hypothetical. our actions are the actions of the senate are part part of a pattern. which will be corrected after this is all, done or if i'm right, the present will go ahead and push the rules again in their mind folded he made this phone call today after the mueller report. and this is in the context of foreign interference. that, the british, the french, germans twice in world war i in world war ii, were very aggressive in affecting our democracy. the founders were prospective and deceptive that democracy in those days was an unusual thing. that medicine said you had to bind the institutions. t

i'd like to thank congresswoman clarke and congressman rogers, mccaul, king, rose, katko and joyce for signing on as original co-sponsors, for their support of this important legislation. i urge a yes vote on this bill and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentlewoman from new york is recognized. ms. clarke: mr. speaker, i have no more speakers and i'm prepared to close after the gentleman from louisiana loses. mr. higgins: i have no further speakers, i'm prefired close. i do urge adoption of the bill. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserve the gentleman from new york is recognized. louisiana. mr. higgins: i'd like to make the congresswoman aware, the gentlelady thambing i have no further speakers and i'm prepared to close. i do urge adoption of the bull and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from louisiana, mr. higgins, yield back. the gentlewoman from new york is reck is -- is recognized. ms. clarke: thank you, mr. speaker. h r. 4761 is a bipartisan measure th

>>texas congressman michael mccaul is bill enjoys both bipartisan sponsorship and the backing of thee to do more than denounce the hateful ideologies that spurred this type of violence. this sounds like the more. >>we're just simply giving another tool in the tool box to law enforcement and prosecutors use let aclu senior legislative and advocacy councilman are what he says the proposed law would allow more surveillance and infringe upon first amendment rights we're working with the criminal legal system that people have been trying to reform for a number of years because of the over criminalization of black and brown communities. >>creating more laws and powers when they have enough already would only harm those communities for that. >>while he argues the new law would mean more surveillance and infringing upon first amendment rights without specifically targeting what the fbi has called one of the deadliest forms of domestic terror, white supremacist extremism. >>they have expansive powers to conduct investigation long before a crime is committed why aren't they using those powers

michael mccaul of texas, monitoring the shooting that took place at west freeway church in fort worthdevastated that a place of worship witnessed such violence. saddenedo'rourke, so to hear about another church shooting in texas. clearly what we are doing in texas, what we are doing in this country when it comes to guns, is not working. that is from beto o'rourke. here's a facebook posting by dj walker. texas is an example of why good people with guns should be allowed to exercise their constitutional right to carry a firearm. new york is an example of what happens when you don't. morning.ood deeply disturbing at the people that's going on in this country now. -- thisde between all group, that group. always being divided when you've got people who want this, people that want that, there will always be a divide. there has to be common ground somewhere. i want to disagree with the guy from michigan who said it's -- allfault and all republicans aren't racist. all republicans want is this country to be great. what trump is the economy, the jobs and all these trade deals we were going to b

we laid the wreaths at the memorials of generals george patton and anthony mccaul i have and visited foxholes occupied by some brave soldiers who fought in some of the worst winter weather ever visited upon a battlefield. and we visited the luxe enburg american cemetery, the final resting place of thousands of them and general george patton. they were not summer soldiers in their efforts 75 years ago to preserve the republic and we must not be sunshine patriots today in our efforts to protect the constitution upon which this great republic stands. while our fight is not in the trenches of battlefields but in the hallowed halls of this congress, our duty is no less patriotic. i yield back. >> chairman yields back. gentleman from oklahoma. >> thank you, madam speaker. i yield myself 15 seconds to respond to my friend. president trump for the record was not provided the opportunity to challenge the facts and still has not received the materials from the judiciary as required by 660. another example of why this isn't a fair process. with that, madam speaker, i would like to yield to the

mccaul believes that there will be a trial, that the president will be acquitted, so what i'm afraidof is that the power of the president will be empowered to break more rules. i don't think he's capable of. and i hope that's not true. so what happens after? this and i want to read a quote from james madison in 51. when he talked about the balance of, and i'm an amateur i, hope to say this in front of a professional like mr. raskin, but i want him to reply to. this i don't take is this as a hypothetical. our actions are the actions of the senate are part part of a pattern. which will be corrected after this is all, done or if i'm right, the present will go ahead and push the rules again in their mind folded he made this phone call today after the mueller report. and this is in the context of foreign interference. that, the british, the french, germans twice in world war i in world war ii, were very aggressive in affecting our democracy. the founders were prospective and deceptive that democracy in those days was an unusual thing. that medicine said you had to bind the institutions. t

already passed the senate, as i mentioned, with support and isan was introduced by congressman michael mccaul in the house. petition discharge led by congressman mast of this bill that has almost 200 signatures on it. came to a vote in this chamber, it would pass. we focus on passing legislation that gets through house, it's already been through the senate, it will be igned by the president, and we'll be doing something about that strong statement that we made last summer? i urge all my colleagues to vote against this rule and against resolution, and i back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized -- the gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. raskin: thank you, madam speaker. i will observe is that the gentleman from new york oddly attacking a resolution for being a recycled version of language we've already adopted a massive bipartisan basis in the house, and then he closes by for this resolution being partisan and divisive in some way. obviously, those two things don't match up. i now happily yield to the entleman from texas, mr. doggett, for two