welcome to the afl-cio and thank you for coming. i'm selles drake and i work on olicies for the afl-cio and 12 .5 members. i will be introducing the panel and the important topics we will be discussing. talking about trade policy in washington, d.c., can be extremely frustrating. pundits and commentators apply the simplistic and incorrect free trade versus proper textist dichotomy and think they have said everything on the topic. for instance, intellectual appropriate rules are a critical part of u.s. free trade agreements and trade policy but represent a clear deficient yation from so-called free trade. advocates like the afl-cio are labeled as protection nist and we support duty-free treatments and that is a free trade position. one interesting thing about this administration and its recent actions on tariffs. it's decision to protect national security by imposing 232 tariffs on global imports on aluminum and steel and china's intellectual property theft by imposing what is known as section 301 tariffs on chinese imports and repres

welcome to the afl-cio. thank you very much for coming. my name is celeste drake and i work on trade and globalization policy for the afl-cio, and her 12.5 million 5 million members. i'm very excited to be introducing today's panel and the really important topics we are going to be discussing. talking about trade policy in washington, d.c. can often be extreme a frustrating. abundance and commentators too often apply the simplistic and, frankly, incorrect free trade versus protectionist dichotomy and think they have brilliantly said everything that there's a say on the topic. but they couldn't be more wrong. for instance, intellectual property rules are critical part of u.s. free trade agreement and trade policy but to represent a clear deviation from so-called free trade. advocates like the afl-cio are often labeled as protectionists, even though we support duty-free treatment for most goods from most developing nations, and that's a distinctly free trade position. that's one interesting thing about this administration and its recent actio

this event was hosted by the afl-cio. much.nks very we will go ahead and begin. cio.me to the thank you very much for coming. is celeste drake, and i work on trade and globalization: the. i am very excited to be introducing today's panel and the really important topics we will be discussing. talking about washington, d.c. can be extremely frustrating. apply thers too often simplistic and frankly incorrect free-trade versus protectionist dichotomy and think they have brilliantly said everything there is to say on the topic. but they could not be more wrong. arellectual property rules a critical part of u.s. free-trade agreements and trade policy, but they represent a clear deviation from so-called free trade. afl-cio areke the often labeled as protectionist. even though we support duty-free fortment for most goods most developing nations. that is a distinct lee free-trade position. interesting thing about this administration and its actions on tariffs -- if this vision to protect national security by 232 tariffscalled on global imports of aluminum and steel, and it

. >> the afl-cio hosted a discussion about international trade and the trump administration's announcedteel and aluminum imports. ad

the nation wide labor federation, the afl-cio. the national association for the advancement of colored people. the new orleans women's center. the american's friends service committee. it's quaker social justice organization. pro-labor anti-war folk singers like pete seger and sometimes these people and organizations are investinvestigated for deca. these are not threats. perhaps even the particular form of government that we have. they do so through pacific means, extensively protected under the constitution. political spying will begin right around 1908, 1909 and run until 1924 and will stop for about a decade. the impetus to stop it is known as the first red scare. the following year, sees a number of actions that will raise a lot of concerns about government surveillance. the seattle general strike in early part of 1919 shut dous do that city. in the spring of 1919 a bomb plot is broken up and there's a wave of bombings in the summer. targeting prominent people including the attorney general alexander palmer. i realize at some

. >> earlier today, the afl-cio had a discussion on u.s. steel and aluminum tariffs. they looked at the impact those tariffs could have on national security and jobs. here's that event now. >> thanks very much. we will begin. welcome to the

that's followed later in the day by the afl-cio posting a roundtable discussion on the impact of steel and aluminum tariffs. returns at 3:00 eastern to consider a bill dealing with native american tribes. over on c-span3, members of congress are part of a congress focused on u.s. israel relations and the middle east peace process. at 8:00 p.m., reporters from "the new york times" and npr discuss the trump administration and russia's influence during the 2016 election. connect with c-span2 personalize the incurred nation -- information you get from us. go to c-span.org/connect and sign up for the emails. the program guide is a daily email with the most updated schedule and upcoming coverage. word for word gives you the most daily video highlights. the book tv newsletter sent weekly is an insiders look at coming authors and books festival's. be american history to weekly newsletter gives you upcoming programming exploring our nation's past. visit c-span.org/connect and sign up today. >> the ninth circuit u.s. court of appeals heard oral argument last week in a case concerning the preside

so, nixon -- sorry, humphrey got support from the afl-cio, and the unions started to organize on his behalf in the general election. that gave him a bump. but then when he declared essentially that he was his own man on the vietnam war, that he was going to support a total stoppage of the bombing of vietnam, and essentially breaking from lyndon johnson, that did help him. i think most historians would agree that in the polls, he began to close the gap. and so, as we discussed earlier, the popular vote, the electoral college vote was a blowout. nixon won it big, 301 votes. but the popular vote was less than 1%. 43.5% for nixon, 42% and change for humphrey. one of the reasons he was able to close that gap was due to that speech, and the sense that he could bring back the eugene mccarthy supporters. the antiwar supporters. veryt kennedy, fascinating. we will never know, of course. we will never know. in some ways, it might have been harder for him to have won the nomination than the general election. because if he had won the nomination, he would've had more daylight between the democra

the afl-cio president talked about how getting back into tpp ,ould be an enormous betrayal terrible agreementbernie sanders, elizabeth warren from other democratic members of congress. i think the only people who are happy were democratic campaign operatives who were thinking, oh, my goodness, this is gold. i don't believe he actually set it out loud. it in the end, really, i don't think it is likely to happen. although, the fact there are even open to it shows a lot to principle. but i do think where the real fight is right now is nafta renegotiation. this kind of pandering on the tpp makes that nafta fight even more important. amy: an image on his facebook page called rogues gallery of major tpp supporters from otherwise don't is the trump cabinet that includes vice president mike pence, but through china to branstad, defense secretary james mattis, and former secretary of state rex tillerson, among others. talk about their position on tpp, as well as others in the administration, including those like u.s. trade representative robert lighthizer and trade adviser peter navarro who don't supp

this event was hosted by the afl-cio. much.nks very we will go ahead and begin

the afl-cio president talked about how getting back into tpp ,ould be an enormous betrayal terrible agreementbernie sanders, elizabeth warren from other democratic members of congress. i think the only people who are happy were democratic campaign operatives who were thinking, oh, my goodness, this is gold. i don't believe he actually set it out loud. it in the end, really, i don't think it is likely to happen. although, the fact there are even open to it shows a lot to principle. but i do think where the real fight is right now is nafta renegotiation. this kind of pandering on the tpp makes that nafta fight even more important. amy: an image on his facebook page called rogues gallery of major tpp supporters from otherwise don't is the trump cabinet that includes vice president mike pence, but through china to branstad, defense secretary james mattis, and former secretary of state rex tillerson, among others. talk about their position on tpp, as well as others in the administration, including those like u.s. trade representative robert lighthizer and trade adviser peter navarro who don't supp

the granite bridge project by liberty utilities. town councilman ted cohen, alderman garth, you a local 131, united auto workers, senator harold janeway, councilman chris pappas, new hampshire afl-cio lars riddell. let's give them all a big round of applause. [applause] and at the mt. jefferson level, the national air traffic controllers association, local 195. the. the professional firefighters of new hampshire, northern new england district council and paul. give him a big round of applause.

thehe steelworkers unin here in the ununited states, one of the lalargest unions in the afl-cio, here, stunned the world of american labor two years ago when they issued a press release announcing the formal alliance-- i'i'll usese their words--the fl alliance between the steelworkers union of the united states, which--i don't know how many members it has, but in the hundreds of thousands, big unionon--with mondragon, the corporate--that huge, successful worker's self-directed enterprprise in spain. and i remember many of us were taken aback. "what an interesting idea. an alliance." what did it mean? well, the details were hard to come by. it seems as thougugh there was discussion, obviously, between them. they issued a joint press release and had a press conference. but it's hard to tell, so i'm now going to imagine where this might go. i'm not saying that's where they're taking it. i don't know exactly where they're goingng to take i, or even whether they're going to take it somewhere, but here's what i would do. imagine a trade union movement with a completely different strategic i

the granite bridge project by liberty utilities. town councilman ted cohen, alderman garth, you a local 131, united auto workers, senator harold janeway, councilman chris pappas, new hampshire afl-ciol. let's give them all a big round of applause. [applause] and at the mt. jefferson level, the national air traffic controllers association, local 195. the. the professional firefighters of new hampshire, northern new england district council and paul. give him a big round of applause. [applause] at the mt. adams level, bridge communication, senator peter burling, painters of district council 355, new hampshire association of letter carriers, caudally printing. give them a big round of applause. [applause] and are extra special friends, let america vote and dr. jeff clark and senator martha bullock clark. let's give them all a big round of applause. [applause] so for 27 years the state party has taken time at this dinner to honor and individual who embodies the works of bill dunphy and leo, the two best friends that sacrificed and contributed and lead this party over many decades. this year's recipient is very deserving of this honor. it's my honor to present that it after democratic p

the economy is weak. over 270 service, health, child welfare, labor, environmental, good government organizations, paralyzed veterans of america, afl-cio, the n.e.a., the narkse oppose this measure. we need -- naacp, oppose this measure. we need to oppose it. with this amendment president trump and my colleagues in the minority want -- majority want to leave families and workers holding the bag for their $2.3 trillion gift, the tax cut was a gift to corporations and the richest americans. it is a mistaken policy and a cynical gimmick. it is a coverup for completely ignoring the budget-busting that they were engaged -- with the tax bill. this amendment is bad for workers, bad for families, bad for our nation. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. ms. delauro: i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair now recognizes the gentleman from virginia -- the gentleman from virginia. mr. goodlatte: may i inquire how much time is remaining op each side? -- on each side? at this time, mr. speaker, i am pleased to yield four minutes to the gentlewoman from tennessee, mrs. black. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman

ttdber of commerce, the afl-cio, the heritage action. why are these important statements? >> that is to be determined. these are powerful groups in town. the chamber ofng commerce and the labor groups are united. they both think it is important to have his long-term bill, stability for the faa, not having to worry about if authorization will last. that was a big thing for them. heritage, on the other hand, they really wanted -- i don't know if they wanted to the exact spinoff that bill shuster was talking about, but they definitely wanted to see a massive overhaul of the air traffic control system, some big changes their. that is not in the bill. even moderate changes are not really in the bill. status quo. this is not good enough. >> this is a six-year reauthorization. the house taking care of it this week. what about the senate? will they take up the house bill or are they working on their own? >> they have their own measure they passed out of committee last year. that also has a one big commerce block, the and science and transportation committee. key has indicated a wi

brotherhood of boiler makers, the international long shoreman association, the international union of operating engineers, and metal trades, afl-cio, maritime trades afl-cio. i could go on and on, again, pointing out that this legislation has support from both labor and management. and i appreciate people of diverse political ideologies coming together on something that's going to make it easier to do commerce in the united states, and i just hope that we can get the 60 votes that we require for consensus here in this body. i know we're close. we have 60 people, mr. president, who have at one time or the other expressed support for this legislation, and i hope we can come together in a convergence in a few moments when we vote for this. i want to -- i want to discuss a couple of misconceptions that keep floating around about the ballast water issue, the incidental discharge issue. first of all, some people are saying that the bill lowers the environmental standards for ballast water. of course nothing could be further from the truth. why would all of these organizations come forward in favor of this if we're going to lower the sta