mr. corning? mr. corning, aye. mr. crapo aye by proxy. >> any other senators care to change a thought or vote? okay. announce. >> mr. chairman, the final tally is 21 ayes and 5 nays. >> the amendment is agreed to. any further amendments? >> thank you, mr. chairman. i have an amendment that's very straight forward. it's based on a bill that senator lindsay graham and i have had for a number of yaer sears, to make permanent the trade center. this was done by executive order and has demonstrated that in fact, they've been very good at bringing major trade enforcement cases. prior to having a separate center the same people negotiating agreements would then turn around and put on a different hat and actually enforce agreements. so this setup, a separate center, we've now heard from ustr that last month, they have a report that has 444 pages detailing the trade barriers, our businesses and workers and farmers face around the globe. so this particular agency is laser focused on addressing that. i would ask colleagues to supp

mr. corning. no bright -- by proxy. mr. isaacson. mr. toomey. mr. coates aye. mr. scott. mr. wyden. no.missed cantwell -- ms. cantwell. mr. menendez. aye. >> no instruction. clerk: mr. brown. no by proxy. mr. warner. aye by proxy. mr. warner is aye by proxy. mr. chairman. german votes no -- mr. german votes no. the amendment is not agreed to. senator nelson, you are next. senator nelson: you said you would prefer me to offer the amendment to the customs bill. is that correct? i have filed it to both goa and the customs bill. your choice. this is a preferable bill. this is the preference for bahrain. that is the location the united states navy 5th fleet in the persian gulf. they bring in yarn and fabric and make it into garments and textiles. you all asked me to modify it, and this is the modified amendment so that the preference is conditional on the labor department certifying that the bahrain is living up to its labor commitment. i think that is a reasonable compromise. now, the reason that this is super important to me, there is a town in florida's panhandle halfway between tallahass

mr. winter corn appears -- vendor corn appears -- mr.in tercorn appears to have the backing of the council. they have had remarkable success with their luxury brand but their profitability in 2014 they had a 2.5% operating profit. their goal is to get that to 6%. they sold a lot of vehicles and have had a lot of growth, the question is, where is their profitability. it has been a good quarter in terms of stock performance but now we have this internal turmoil and we will see how it sorts out him a but it is a remarkable story. remarkable and a family affair. let's turn to a competition for power closer to home. the u.k. election campaign gets serious this week. up first is the labour party. anna edwards has all the developments. what is ironic here is it looks as if they will focus on the fiscal deficit. anna: over the weekend and today seeing both of these historic party stepping into each other's territory. today we get the launch of the manifesto from the labour party and today they will be talking about fiscal responsibility and pled

mr. winter corn was able to line up the other power players on the nonexecutive board that runs the company. essentially the labor leaders. even some of mr. piech's own relatives, including wolfgang porsche, his cousin. they all backed mr. winterkorn. guy: let's talk about mr. piech's strategy. he has acquired all kind of businesses. ducati, they run a group that makes everything from the soft to golf to all kind of other cars. he built an empire. the stock is up today. is that because there is no more empire building? chad: that's exactly why the stock is up today. he did create a 12-brand empire. he started in the luxury car segment, buying porsche. he didn't buy audi, but he was the one who made audi into the behemoth it is today. they are number two in luxury car sales fighting with bmw and mercedes. he also bought man ansd d scania, and he expanded significantly in china. china is now volkswagen's largest market. they have more than 12 factories there. one of the reasons why the stock is up today is, investors hope the empire building is done. empire building is very expensive. that wo

one on the capture of lord corn cornwallis. mr. d help to find a copy of one of those sermons. the sermon at holton library at harvard university. here is the cover page. sermon on the capture of the lord corn wallis by an african-american, philadelphia printed in the month of april 1782. such are the treasures residing at harvard's hilton library, many of them still patiently waiting for a scholar to discover their historical significance. we don't know if this was the first printed use of the phrase african-american, but it is now the first one we know about and we know nothing, nothing, about the african-american. through the "new york times," mr. shah pair row says was it a freeman? was it a slave? we don't know. we don't really know if the african-american was actually a man. but he probably was. and when the author refers to himself in the third person, he uses the word he. on the first page of the sermon the author mentions quote, not having the full benefit of a liberal education. that's all we know about the author. but i t

mr. ben corning then i went to -- that i went to a number of times about it, he seems to be more important- more interested in trayvon martin and the ferguson issue than he is about all the steelworkers and the 30,000 people that work there. i'm tired of it. i'm going to tell you another thing. i'm tired of the national public radio stations, the guys like mark steiner and dan rogers that are always preaching racism. they always assume that white people are white supremacist. i'm tired of it. i'm open-minded photo i except everybody for who they are. i believe in what martin luther king said about being judged by the content of the character. i am going to say this. i have to be careful. i do want to be offending anybody. the wainwright people are being treated, it's terrible. host: we have a few minutes left and then to members of congress will be joining us. this story that we talked about earlier about the capitol police chief leadership question, this is the story that she posted back in february. also posting concerns about the security at the u.s. capitol and whether or not there are

mr. scuse: i think we have a great opportunity to increase exports and corn. there's no reason why the european union and canada have the wheat market. that market should also be ours. i think there is a great opportunity for us to have rice business in cuba. as i pointed out earlier in this meeting, there is a great opportunity for dairy and any products. sen. hoeven: thank you. sen. roberts: i think the center for his most pertinent comments and i think the panel for responding. >> thank you, mr. chairman and thank you for holding this meeting. you all said that you hope we will see this restriction lifted. i think i can remind you folks that it's not a strategy and we are hopeful that you all will take the concern that is being expressed today about imports back to your smaller groups as you discuss opportunities going forward. we have long been concerned about the extension of credit for act transactions and trade. hopefully tomorrow, we are going to try to take a move in the right direction. i think you guys have highlighted the number one thing that we t

mr. scuse: i think we've got a great opportunity to increase our exports of corn.here's no reason why the european union and canada have the wheat market. that should also be ours. i think there's a great opportunity to have the rice business in cuba. as i pointed out earlier in this meeting, there's a great opportunity for dairy. sen. hoeven: thank you. sen. roberts: i thank the senator and thank the panel for responding. >> thank you, mr. chairman. we've asked you three or four times about alimport. y'all said you hope that will see this restriction lifted. i can remind you, hope is not a strategy. we are hopeful that you will take the concern that is being expressed today about alimport back to your smaller groups as you discuss opportunities going forward. we have long been concerned about the extension of credit for ag transactions and trade. hopefully, tomorrow, we are going to take a move in the right direction. i think you have highlighted the number one thing we think we can deal with, which is 908. i support lifting the embargo entirely. that may be a bri

corn, rice and cotton. [applause] i will very shortly name a special team of outstanding patriotic americans. this team will be headed by mr. eugene black, the very able former president of the world bank. development will not be easy. peace will be necessary for a final success, but we cannot and must not wait for peace to begin this job. [applause] this will be disorderly planning for a long time. in asia as elsewhere, the forces of the modern world are shaking always. there will be turbulence and struggle and even violence. great social change as we see in our own country now does not always come without conflict. we must also expect nations will on occasion be in dispute with us. it may be because we are rich or powerful or because we have made some mistakes or because they honestly fear our intentions. however, no nation need ever fear that we desire their land or impose our will or to dictate their institutions. [applause] but we will always oppose the effort of one nation to conquer another nation. [applause] we will do this because our own security is at stake. but there is more to it than that. for our generation

corn bureau chief and msnbc political analyst. great to have both of you with us here tonight. mr. johnson, you first.y does chris christie why is he waiting to announce why doesn't he announce right now? >> i don't know exactly why or what his plan is. maybe he's waiting for more new jerseyians to support him. about 70% said they wouldn't vote for him as president and that's his home state in nj. 70% of the poll i read in the paper the other day. so maybe he's waiting for that to go up or down. >> i don't hear any new ideas, david corn. do you see? >> no. he's obviously trying to get a hold of some of the support he used to have in the republican fund raising establishment by talking about long-term debt and entitlements which is a pet issue of those supporters of the republican party. what is he waiting for? i think the indictments to come down. i think people expect indictments in the next week or two. not of him but his aids in the bridgegate business. but his whole rational from a year ago why he would make a credible candidate, this is a republican who would win in sort of democratic blue states

corn have soared over the past few years. in 2013, total agricultural exports from south dakota totaled $3.8 billion. mr. president, previous free and fair trade agreements have been a boone boon to america's farmers and ranchers. countries with which our nation has free trade agreements purchased 12 times more goods per capita from the united states than non-free trade agreement countries. since 1934, almost all of the united states free trade agreements have been negotiated using trade promotion authority or a similar streamlined process. trade promotion authority is designed to put the united states in the strongest possible position when negotiating trade agreements. under t.p.a., congress sets guidelines for trade negotiations and outlines the priorities that congress must follow. congress promises a simple up-or-down vote on the resulting trade agreement instead of a long amendment process that could leave the final deal looking nothing like the original one. that simple up-or-down vote, mr. president, is the key. it lets our negotiating partners know that congress and trade negotiators are on the

corn to july lore. surprisingly enough a few weeks later received a package in the mail from him inside the package was a star wars comics books and a picture of mr. lucas himself in response to this question in the letter he wrote saying is sounds like the force is strong with you into the jet guy you have to know the value of friendship compassion and lawyers in these sites are important in marriage and i will allow callers to get married. he gone to a trouble at school after he had a lot of girls samarium we're continuing to follow the breaking news story this morning out of month of the warehouse fire in has been the firm and just last 20 minutes said someone died in the fire will have a live report from the same dishonesties there if the seven you're caught in the crossfire of a gunfight in the lay of mike pelton will be in joining us live with and of the on the boy's condition there was a quick live the outside with a track in the weather for you to have the forecast and a look for the weekend coming up in just a moment. >>mark: will is live on the scene now with more on what happened. >>will tran: write down the cause of the fire still und

corn and soybeans use bio technology. unfortunately they are using non-regulated products to keep them out of the market or treat them unfairly. the question i want for you mr. chairman is can you confirm that language in the tpa bill relating to trade and agriculture is in fact intended to address the full barriers that agriculture producers face including unjustified, commercial or regulatory requirements? let me ensure the senator from south dakota that this is precisely the objective that was referenced. it is true that u.s. farmers and ranchers phase a significant barrier that restrict access to foreign markets. the trade negotiating objectives on agriculture and the tpa bill are designed to insure that our trade agreements address the full range of barriers that our producers phase. -- our producers face. commercial, regulatory or otherwise. i appreciate the senator raising this issue and i promise to work with him to insure the committee report language makes clear the intent of the statutory language prescribed. >> i appreciate that assurance. >> senator menendez. >> mr. chairman, one of the most consistent complaints we hear about the trade deals i

mr. kealing's family. >> my folks can't get our name right half the time either. no problem. >> doug keesling is representing the kansas wheat commission where he has served since 2005. doug and his wife grow wheat cornbeans alfalfa on their fifth generation farm. now chase and c.j. do have two boys, chase and colby, two girls, the whole point is i would like to take a moment to wish elsie a very happy 1 week birthday. you better get back home as soon as you can. mr. keesling. >> good morning. thank for the opportunity to testify today about the opportunities for agricultural trade with cuba. in particular i would like to thank chairman roberts for his kind invitation and decades of service to kansas and her farmers. my name is doug keesling. i'm a fifth generation farmer. i recently returned from cuba where i was part of a delegation organized by the u.s. agriculture coalition for cuba the primary purpose for usacc is to re-establish cuba as a market for u.s. food and agricultural exports and wheat industry fully endorses that goal. there were nearly 100 participants on trip representing a wide ranging number of organizations and companies. there was a lot of potential in cuba potential inf)n its ow

mr. warne has a bachelors of science are at arizona state university and an ms from san diego state university. he also earned postgraduate certificate in rehabilitation administration. he is the pr corning trade nader threw the san diego state university and her work institute. jim administers the post employment training american indian rehabilitation postgraduate certificate program and a trainer at inner work institute. he's also president president of his own consulting firm and very significantly was a football player for arizona state university when they won the rose bowl. [cheers and applause] and played in the national football league. [laughter] last but not least, dr. suzan shown harjo. suzan is muskogee and an advocate for american indian rights. poet, writer, lecturer, curator and policy advocate who has helped me to the recover more than 1 million acres of tribal lands. [applause] after a career in media she moved to washington d.c. to work on national policy issues. she served as congressional liaison for indian affairs and the president jimmy carter administration and later as director of the national council of american -- i'm sorry, the national congress of american in