mr. reich, great to have you with us tonight. is this deal as bad as lake says it is?rack, which would permit it to go through congress without any kind of amendment, any discussion just an up or down vote but also the treaty, the trade deal itself, which not only abrho gates human rights, but also would lead to more outsourcing of jobs abroad and also threaten or health safety and environment protections. inside that trade deal we don't know exactly what's in it what's been leaked so far shows that inside that trade deal would be a tribuble outside of the united states that would be able to attack our health safety and environmental and labor protections. >> so are we turning away from the evils of the sultan of brunei to do this deal? that's sure what it seems like. >> we're actually putting corporate profits in front of almost every other value. it's not surprising in the sense that the people who actually sat at the table to craft this trade deal are mostly big corpses and wall street. most americans have no idea what's in it. it's impossible to find out. >> do you

mr. harper are doing to break the ice with this first effort. with that, i'd reich to yield to the vice chair for the remainder of my time. >> thank you, mr. chair. like you and many other members of congress, i represent a rural district where many of my constituents get their drinking water. these smaller communities do an incredible job of providing our constituents with clean, safe drinking water that are often at a disadvantage with a need for more technical expertise. i know that this is an important issue to you and i thank you for the opportunity to continue working on legislation to ensure our constituents get the help and clean water they need. i'd like to say welcome to my fellow mississippiians. mr. chair thank you again for the commitment to this issue. >> thank you chair, for holding this important hearing on what is a very vital topic. as we address, again, a very important phenomenon for all of our chunties across the country. we have all heard the often-repeated statistics about rural and small-water systems. more than 94% of the 150,0 0 public drin