senator wyden. senator wyden: mr. chairman, colleagues, normally i'd make an opening statement the focus of which would be to lay out the significant differences between this bill and the trade bills of the 1990's. and under normal circumstances i would detail that before the committee at this time. given the interest, however, with colleagues on the committee and engaging with our two witnesses -- and we thank them both, mr. trumka and mr. donohue. i visited with a number of the members of the chamber and the interest of my colleagues who are here to ask questions, i will fore bear any further statement at this time, mr. chairman. senator hatch: thank you, senator wyden. our first witness is thomas j. donohue, the president and c.e.o. of the u.s. chamber of commerce, the largest business organization in the world. representing the interest of more than three million businesses across various sectors and industries. he's held this position at the u.s. chamber since 1997. we've had a lot of experience working together.

wyden. mr. wyden no. mr. schumer. mr. schumer aye. miss stabenow. miss stabenow aye. miss cantwell aye. mr. nelson aye. mr. menendez ez aye. mr. carper no. mr. cardin. mr. cardin aye. mr. brown aye. mr. bennett. mr. bennett aye. mr. casey. mr. casey aye. mr. warner. mr. warner no. mr. chairman. the chairman votes no. mr. chairman, the final tally is nine ayes, 17 nays. >> the amendment is defeated. are we getting close to the end here? senator burr, you're next. >> mr. chairman, i'd like to call up portman number 2, and that's committee number 88. and i'll say to the chairman, he will not love me like he loves senator bennett because i will have to have a recorded vote on this. but i will be very brief. and i have great affection for the chairman and for the tax he's got in front of him. i thank my colleagues for their support. on the customs bill of the tpb issue. but i've got to add it on the tpa bill as well because that's the only way i can assure that once and for all we address this because this is of great need. let me just explain very briefly what this mtb bi

i recognize senator whiten for his comments -- wyden for his comments.senator wyden: i want to thank a number of our colleagues. also the gsp legislation. it is hugely important for economic growth and opportunity in our country. i appreciate the bipartisanship that went into the particular session with it. a tough subject to find common ground on and we were able to do it. senator hatch thank you. : any other comments? well then. do have to have a voice vote? mr. isaacson, who has done a lot of work. senator isakson: i would like to ask that senator warner and would be added by co-sponsors . without objection. would like to thank those who worked with me. i traveled to africa. and negotiated with the african union. it is a great opportunity for the country for the trade. it is also a maturing marketplace. i am really glad that it is first of all for ten years that will send an important message to africa. we want partnership in trade for a decade. i am thinking it is good to take the previsions to be responsive and flexible. as many of you know, senator

. >> thank you, senator wyden. let's have an understanding, we're not going to have any outbursts in this room. let's treat everybody with respect on both sides of these it issues. we're going to have to vote. we'll let senator grassley give his opening remarks, about three minutes. >> while i'm not sure i thought we would get to this point a month or two ago, it sure has worked out well that senator hatch and senator wyden can work together and get us to this point. trade is very important to our country and our economic future. trade promotion authority with it, we are marking it up today as an important tool in the advancement of the u.s. trade agenda. this legislation is proof congress and the administration can work together to increase economic opportunity for americans all across our 50 states. we already know and common sense dictates that 80% of the purchasing power is located outside of the united states, along with 95% of the world's consumers. as the middle class expands in regions such as asia we have

let me say, senator wyden do you have comments? senator wyden, do you have any comment? >> no, mr. chairman. >> did he questions that may arise. could you briefly describe the main features of the proposal. >> thank you. at this market up the committee is considering a proposal to extend the african growth and opportunity act and the preferential duty treatment programs for haiti. the proposal also authorizes the president to conduct out of sight reviews of any benificiary country. it also adds notice and consultation requirements for the president and makes certain technical changes to 506a. it's an extension of duty treatment programs for haiti through september 2035. thank you. >> i recognize senator white on this. >> i think it's important. i want to commend you. i want to note a number of our colleagues have been involved in this and also the gsp legislation. any other comments? >> i'd like to call up amendment number two. >> without objection. >> i'd like to ask that senator carpenter be added as co-sponsor. africa is the continent of the 21st century. it's also a maturing ma

i recognize senator wyden. >> just very quickly, mr. chairman this expands taa to service workers which is extraordinarily important most. most importantly, this is a six-year extension on programs that otherwise expire later this year, something that has always been done standing up for the workers. >> okay. happy to recognize any other senators that have questions >> mr. chairman. >> i do. >> i don't have a question but i did want a brief opening statement. if it is if it is appropriate i would be happy to do that. >> go right ahead. >> before you do does anyone have any other statement? >> mr. chairman. >> mr. chairman. >> you do. >> can you wait until after he makes a statement? >> i had a question on this bill. >> you do. >> yes. >> what has been the interaction with the community on this? they do the job training information. they have covered quite a few of these areas. >> well, performance measurements that we believe senator ryan put into the bill. it was an agreement between distinguished ranking member and chairman ryan in th

senator wyden. senator wyden: mr. chairman, colleagues, normally i'd make an opening statement the focus of which would be to lay out the significant differences between this bill and the trade bills of the 1990's. and under normal circumstances i would detail that before the committee at this time. given the interest, however, with colleagues on the committee and engaging with our two witnesses -- and we thank them both, mr. trumka and mr. donohue. i visited with a number of the members of the chamber and the interest of my colleagues who are here to ask questions, i will fore bear any further statement at this time, mr. chairman. senator hatch: thank you, senator wyden. our first witness is thomas j. donohue, the president and c.e.o. of the u.s. chamber of commerce, the largest business organization in the world. representing the interest of more than three million businesses across various sectors and industries. he's held this position at the u.s. chamber since 1997. we've had a lot of experience working together.

chairman. >> senator wyden. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i voted for this schumer amendment and the bennett amendment because in my view neither of those amendments undermines america's ability to fight a financial crisis. i think this is an amendment that is a bridge too far. and in particular what swine me. but the last time we will be discussing this current sequestration -- sequester but to see what janet yellen has said. a progressive democrat. she is concerned about what it will mean with respect to constraining monetary policy and says that the bill is to maintain those two objectives, historical objectives. i urge my colleagues on this side of the aisle to vote no this schumer this schumer amendment made sense. i think that this is a bridge too far. >> we spent days and nights trying to get both houses together on the most important legislation of this administration this year. so this is important stuff command i have no doubt that we can handle it. you know we find. the clerk will call the roll. [roll call] [roll call] [roll call]

senator wyden, let's turn to you, first. senator wyden: thank you, mr. chairman. i indicated i want our colleagues ask their questions. i want to make very quick points. mr. trumka, with whom i agree so often, suggested there would be insufficient public scrutiny of t.p.p. colleagues, under this legislation, by law the american people will have t.p.p. in their hands for two months before the president signs it and months more before it is fully debated on the floor of the house and senate. so with that i want to have my colleagues ask questions. senator hatch: mr. donohue, as you noted in your opening testimony and as i've been saying for years now, since trade promotion authority expired in 2007, our countries other competitors in the world marketplace have not been sitting on their laurels when it comes to trade. indeed, there are hundreds of free trade agreements around the world that are currently in effect or under negotiation and the u.s. is a party to relatively few of these agreements. in your opinion, what's the cost of the united states if we refuse to p

but senator wyden deserves a lot of credit here. i think it's very important we move forward and let the committee function properly and i'm looking forward to even more lively discussion and debate tomorrow as we mark up this bill. let me just say that i have tremendous respect for both of you. mr. donohue, you've been around here a long time. you're no shrinking violet, i'll tell you, and you handle yourself very well and you represent the business community about as well as anybody i have ever seen, and i have seen a lot of great business leaders. mr. trumka i think you represent the unions very well. you're a tough guy, you're a smart guy and even though we disagree on this bill i have been paying pretty strict attention to you, too. this is basically your administration that is doing this. i'm trying to help the president on this bill. i personally think they're right in pushing it the way they have but i still have the obligation to just tell you how much i respect and appreciate you as well. and i look forward to -- we're goi

i for gotgot to thank senator wyden. >> thank you. any further? well, is the senator willing to take a voice vote? you are? all those in favor, say aye. aye. any opposed? the ayes have it. the amendment is adopted. any further amendments to this bill? senator nelson. then senator bennet. >> mr. chairman? thank you, mr. chairman. i have an amendment number 65. my amendment would create a fund, jointly managed by ustr and the department of state, and available to agencies for the enforcement and implementation of free trade agreements, in capacity building so that we can make sure we are enforcing these agreements. enforcement fund would be capitalized through existing anti-dumping countervailing llected and this amendment would require u.s. government accountability office to study our current efforts in making sure enforcement happens. this legislation makes a lot of long-needed improvements to the trade enforcement regime, particularly with the anti-dumping and countervailing duties. one of the corrections we need to ask ourselves is do agency ha

senator wyden.>> very briefly mr. chairman just two quick points. i ask unanimous consent that i be permitted to change my vote on the brown taa amendment. i've long supported the idea that the maximum amount of funding for taa was going back and forth between house and senate on this issue. i'm changing my vote won't affect the optimal but then i ask is it to be recorded as an aye on the brown laminate to increase funding.>> what does that make the vote if i can ask the clerk? >> it would make the final tally 13 ayes, 13 amex.>> the last point and i think chairman hatch -- the government's solar enforcement case was raised earlier and i think it's important to note that this is exactly the more aggressive enforcement that our country needs to see particularly as it relates to renewable energy. that's why we have the early warning system and i'll be talking with a number of you about that in the days ahead.>> thank you senator. i ask unanimous consent to change senator thune's vote realm yea an a and senator burr's book from yea an a on the white an

ron wyden. this is a very big deal. the announcement that he has reached a bipartisan agreement with orrin hatch on trade promotion authority this means that the obama trade agenda, which has been in the freezer the last couple of years is once again on the front burner. the president has a real chance to pass two major trade deals before he leaves office. this is the most significant economic items the president could achieve in his final 19 months. tom: as you always do, you cut to the chase. it is about the senator from oregon. how were the pacific states lining up around this trade deal? peter: oregon is a big exporter. they potentially could benefit. ron wyden made a difficult choice in backing this kind of legislation. he faces criticism in his home state that this is a deal that may do more harm than good to american workers. that is the hurdle he has to overcome. he is convinced this is good for oregon, the country, and american workers. he thinks that because he has insisted that there be certain conditions wit

senator wyden: thank you very much, mr. chairman. i passed at the beginning because i wanted all of my democratic colleagues to have a chance to speak first. while senator brown is here i just want to be clear that i think he has had a very valid point that the playbook on international trade has to change. trade agreements in 2015 have to be very different than trade agreements from the 1990's. the president, to his credit, said in the state of the union that passed agreements haven't lived up to the hype. we have to make sure that our trade policies are not part of a time warp. 25 years ago, nobody had an iphone nobody was texting, china wasn't an economic powerhouse. i will do this briefly because i didn't ask any questions early on, what is different with respect to the legislation that will be considered this week and in effect the old playbook? the first area in which it is different -- and especially appreciate senator brown focusing on this -- is on trade enforcement. trade enforcement has to focus on protecting american jobs

senator wyden. >> very briefly, mr. chairman very late. just two quick points. one, i ask consent that i be permitted to change my vote on the brown taa amendment. i've long supported the idea the maximum amount of funding for taa obviously was a question going back and forth. between the house and the senate on this issue we've cleared it. changing my vote won't affect the outcome of the vote. i want to change to aye to increase funding. gl what does that make the vote? >> of course. 13 ayes, 13 nays. >> anybody else? >> the last point, very last point and i think chairman hatch appropriately ought to close, the government's solar enforcement case was raised earlier and i think it's important to note that this is exactly the kind of more aggressive enforcement that our country needs to see particularly as it relates to renewable energy. that's why we have the early warning system and be talking with a number of you about that in the days ahead. mr. chairman, thank you. >> thank you senator. i ask you now consent to change senator thune's vote from nay to aye. >

senator enzi: next congressman diaz-balart, followed by senator wyden, followed by congressman moore. >> thank you much, mr. chairman. i'm going to follow-up with what senator sessions was just mentioning. he is absolutely right. the world is a much more dangerous place. i don't think it's been this dangerous since potentially the late 1970's. you mentioned how this is a rare occasion. matter of fact, the fact that we have a conference committee, the house passes a budget, the senate passes a budget that's how we are supposed to do a business, i was tempted to take a selfie at the beginning. it's a rare thing. it's a really rare occasion so i want to congratulate chairman enzi and senator price for doing the job the american people sent us to do. just a reminder to all of us that as senator sessions mentioned, look, our safety, the security and safety of the american people, is frankly our biggest responsibility as the federal government. today our nation and our allies and interest around the world frankly are being threatened whether to radical islamic terrorist in certain parts of

senator wyden. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank you and chairman price of whom i've enjoyed working with in the past and i think colleagues still have that opportunity. the reason i feel so strongly about that is in the senate as part of the budget debate i was able to win 73 votes for tax reform being built around tax relief for middle-class america. middle-class americans who have had stagnant wages for years and years. 73 colleagues voted for making bipartisan tax reform. i know we can do it and i look forward to working with my colleagues of that objective. when i look at the budget the overall budget my sense is they just don't pass over all in the provision on middle-class tax relief in the senate hearing you don't pass the fairness for america's middle class. they won't do enough to help oregonians for people across this country. it won't do enough to help them climb the ladder of economic opportunity. i hope you will do more on a bipartisan basis. that is the measure that congress uses for every policy and d

senate who are negotiating our senator orin hatch, senator of the appropriation committee and ron wydene ranking democrat from oregon, both of whom want to see this past. in the house, it has been up to congressman paul ryan from wisconsin, chairman of the house ways and means committee. ryan has been negotiating the stuff for a longtime. the interesting thing is there is no democratic counterpart to ron wyden in the house of representatives. there is no leader of the house side who is spearheading the fight. that is concerning to the white house because they do not have anybody who is a point person on trade. they do have some allies in the house democratic caucus. nancy pelosi and steny hoyer voted for nafta. congressman earl blumenauer just wrote an op-ed in favor of trade promotion authority. there are some supportive democrats. they are looking for some of those folks who are going to be able to get them up to 218 votes they need to pass the house. most everybody thinks this is going to pass the senate. the houses where the question is. a lot of those republicans on the other side

>> this is a hit to senators orren hatch and ron wyden for putting together a deal which would give thet fast track authority to negotiate the transpacific partnership trade agreement. it is one of the largest trade agreements in history. it would bind the united states and 12 countries in the pacific region to a trade pact which would involve 40% of the world's trade. it's a win for that side of the pacific but it's mostly a win for our side of the pacific, for our workers, for our manufacturing sectors, for our economy. we should pass this. it's the one good thing obama may do in his presidency. >> dan, you? >> well, i would like to give a miss to whoever was responsible for stopping this guy in the toy helicopter for landing on the capitol lawn. he gave an interview to his hometown newspaper, sent blast e-mails to the secret service, was streaming it. even that didn't prevent them from stepping in and stopping this guy before he hit with a potentially dangerous -- >> they didn't see him for 80 miles of flight. amazing. all right. thanks, everybody. that's it for this week's show. our

if i may put in a plug, i think the -- we did do a report at senator wyden's request about a year and a half ago, i think on large-scale storage and integration into the grid. and that's very important. i'd like to add, however, that the issue of consumer-level storage combined with distributed generation is getting to look extremely interesting and can be yet another challenge to the utility business model that we have to -- that we have to look at. >> i think that's quite clear. i'm sort of encouraging utilities to get ahead of this and make some decisions about incorporating these things into their business model because if they just look at saying no or making it more team to put distributed generation on their homes, distributed solar -- distributed storage at their homes, you know you could see a very unstable or business model moving forward. >> yes. >> it kind of brings up the issue of rate making. and i want to ask you a related question because both the cost the photovoltaic panels coming down very quickly plus the energy storage changes that we're seeing in the distributed

"the overdue trade bill came out of orrin hatch and ron wyden.t is also supported by the house ways and means committee chairman, paul ryan. what has become the political verities of our time, distrust of obama. normally, -- on the democratic left the opposition includes an array of union environmentalists, and antibusiness activist, and the man presumed to be the democrats's next senate leader." that comes from "the wall street journal." we will go now to germantown maryland with mike. caller: what people need to realize is this transpacific partnership legislation was done in secret. it was kept secret from congress. there were only allowed to see a small portion of it. there's a really good article by paul craig roberts several years ago. he would make a great guest, by the way. what this does is a allows corporations to supersede the laws of a nation. a sickly, it is fascism on steroids. let me read this one short quote. one of the provisions allows provis corporations to sue government for the cost of complying with regulations. essentially,

so i want to commend the senate finance chair orrin hatch and the panel's ranking member ron wyden and the house ways and means committee chair paul ryan. i commend them for providing a framework for moving forward on a pair of the most significant trade negotiations in our history. the transpacific and the trans-atlantic trade and investment partnerships. those of you fond of acronyms , k p p and tat ip. if enacted, the new bipartisan bill if enacted will fully respect and preserve the rights of congress. but it will also give the president of the united states the flexibility that he has to have to negotiate on our nation's behalf and make no mistake the questions of whether , the president should have trade promotion authority in the end really does come down to whether the united states should even pursue significant free-trade agreements. that is what is at stake. during my 28 plus years of service in the united states senate, i had a lot of conversations on this subject with factory workers union , representatives, business people, and other professionals, and often these discuss

this trade promotion authority thanks to the work of senators wyden and hatch, reflects those lessons. in terms of actually getting a deal, the first trade agreement that we would potentially present under the trade promotion authority would be the transpacific partnership. i've spoken of this before, but i will repeat that 95% of the world's markets are beyond our borders. the fastest growing markets, will be in asia. if we do not help to shape the rules so that our businesses and workers can compete in those markets, then china will set the rules that advantage chinese workers and businesses. that will set the stage over the next 20 or 30 years for us being clocked out and unable to protect our businesses from discrimination. our agricultural products being excluded from these areas. high tariffs that prevent us from being able to compete fairly. and he comes to services or the internet, for example, our ability to maintain intellectual property protection or freedom in the internet or other requirements that tilt the playing field against u.s. workers -- that is what will happen. w

deal was struck between orrin hatch house ways and means chairman paul ryan and oregon democrat ron wyden. it would give the president authority for a pacific trade deal. >> i would not be doing this trade deal if i did not think it was good for the middle class. and when you hear folks make a lot of suggestions about how bad this trade deal is when you dig into the facts, they are wrong. >> reporter: hatch took on attacks from critics who say he's moving too quickly from the trade deal, pointing out lawmakers know where they stand on trade. >> i stated that u.s. trade with foreign countries is a good thing and i said that the tpa is the best tool congress has in its arsenal to help influence and facilitate trade. those are pretty fundamental assertions. >> reporter: hatch went after the head of the aflc-cia today. >> many union jobs for middle class workers. >> this isn't a choice between ttp and no trade, that if we don't get ttp, we get no trade. that's the way you made it sound and that's the way he answered. there's a lot of difference between us. >> reporter: there is it a divide be

and this trade promotion authority, thanks to the work of senator wyden and hatch, reflects some of thoseterms of actually getting a deal done, the first trade agreement that we potentially would present under this trade promotion authority would be the trans-pacific partnership or tpp. i've spoken to this before but i will just repeat that 95% of the world's markets are outside our borders. the fastest growing markets, the most populace markets are going to be in asia. and if we do not help to shape the rules so that our businesses and our workers can compete in those markets, then china will set up rules that advantage chinese workers and chinese businesses. and that will set the stage over the next 20, 30 years for us being locked out us being unable to protect our businesses from discrimination our agricultural products being excluded from these areas high tariffs that prevent us from being able to compete fairly. when it comes to services or it comes to the internet, for example, our ability to maintain intellectual property protection or freedom in the internet or other requirements

deal was struck between orrin hatch house ways and means chairman paul ryan and oregon democrat ron wyden. it would give the president authority for a pacific trade deal. >> i would not be doing this trade deal if i did not think it was good for the middle class. and when you hear folks make a lot of suggestions about how bad this trade deal is when you dig into the facts, they are wrong. >> reporter: hatch took on attacks from critics who say he's moving too quickly from the trade deal, pointing out lawmakers know where they stand on trade. >> i stated that u.s. trade with foreign countries is a good thing and i said that the tpa is the best tool congress has in its arsenal to help influence and facilitate trade. those are pretty fundamental assertions. >> reporter: hatch went after the head of the aflc-cia today. >> many union jobs for middle class workers. >> this isn't a choice between ttp and no trade, that if we don't get ttp, we get no trade. that's the way you made it sound and that's the way he answered. there's a lot of difference between us. >> reporter: there is it a divide be

senators who have cosponsored this legislation which i'm very grateful for senator klobuchar senator wyden, senator coons senator udall, senator casey senator feinstein, senator gillibrand, senator heitkamp, senator schumer, senator blumenthal, senator peters, senator durbin to all of our democratic friends who previously objected based on the original provision, i hope they will take a look at this change because it does address directly their stated concerns. so let's get this done, mr. president. we will vote on this tomorrow, but i'd rather not wait for that time i'd rather try to get this done today if we can and we might be able to do that by agreement if everyone agrees that this provision this change addresses those stated concerns. mr. president, i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senate will receive a message from the house of representatives. the majority secretary: mr. president, a message from the house of representatives. the presiding officer: mr. mr. clerk. mr. hurricane i have been direct -- the house reading clerk: mr. president, i have been directed by the hou

ron wyden. i think there are people we can work with some ideas. there's a fundamental difference between our parties. the democratic party is under the control of a radical left-wing view. i think you see evidence of that in their fiscal policy. they are also in control of a left-wing view reflected in foreign policy. the idea that we are creating problems for ourselves, as opposed to the reality that in the absence of american leadership, at least in a vacuum, which leads to chaos. we will have to work with people who we disagree with on certain issues. i hope we can move forward because at the end of the day, america will decline for all of us, republicans and democrats alike. we are all in this together. we are inextricably linked in that regard. there are stark fundamental differences between our parties. >> senator, great to see you. i've been asking candidates about common core. common core is an issue important to me. i want to know your stance on common core. what would you do? senator rubio: it's going to be used by the department of educ

when senator wyden pressed, what were the specifics? what were the 58 cases?eventually the nsa came back and said it was not 58 prevented by the surveillance. it was one. what was the one? $8,000 was sent by taxi worker in the u.s. to a group in the middle east possibly associated with terrorism. that was the one case. in short, you and i both have the expertise to follow this and see what the government comes up with in their claims. there's no question at all of the claims were elevated and expanded with very little base and saying how well the surveillance is necessary to fix those. on the other hand, you'll never hear from the official of judgment. how many lives are lost by keeping the secrets? i went to vietnam and lied into it like so many other americans. 3 million. that's a civilian. i walked in combat using my former marine experience. but i was a civilian. the people who were risking their lives and lost their lives were lied into it, as were the people in iraq in 2003. all those lives like 15,000 in vietnam and several thousand in iraq could have b

senate to the house side for some of them back to the house side and i want to acknowledge senator wyden and snar hatch. it is a doc fix, yes, but it is a remedy for seniors. that's what it is about, our seniors and their ability to access the doctors whom they like and who they choose. it is about our children. it is about the child care -- the children's health bill. i call it s chip. the s chip, because it was one of the first bills we sent to president obama's desk when he first became president and this continuation of it is very very important, recognition of the priority that our children are to us. the speaker mentioned that the health centers are very, very important, and extension for the community health centers is essential. so this is -- what is exciting, it is not a remedy about the doc fix, but the manner in which we recognize performance, not procedures, value, not volume. a quality not quantity. as the speaker said, this has been going on foia long time. and the more expensive it became. in terms of reducing the deficit as we meet the needs of the american people, it's g

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democratic senator ron wyden is throwing his weight behind those supporting the president's fast track authority. it would make strides in transparency, labor, and internet standards. and president obama today reiterated his goals for a deal. my top priority in any trade negotiation is expanding opportunity for hardworking americans. this deal would level the playing field, give our workers a fair shot, and for the first time, include strong fully enforce shl protection for workers' rights, the environment, and a free and open market. >> congresswoman, this issue, why is the american economy so darned strong, if our trade policies have been banned? i mean, what is working in america? why does it -- why do we have the booming gdp of the world that everyone wants to move here to live. everybody wants to get in the united states legally or not, and you say there's something fundamentally wrong with our economic policies. which is it? >> the you look at the middle class, chris. if you look at what's happened to people's incomes, for the majority of people in our country, they're going down

this trade promotion authority, thanks to the work of senator wyden and hatch, reflects some of those lessons. in terms of actually getting a deal done the first trade agreement that we potentially would present under this trade promotion authority would be the transpacific partnership, or tpp. i've spoken to this before but i will just repeat. that 95% of the world's markets are outside our borders. the fastest growing markets, the most populist markets are beginning to be in asia. and if we do not help to shape the rules so that our businesses and our workers can compete in those markets, then china will set up rules that advantage chinese workers and chinese businesses. and that will set the stage over the next 20, 30 years for us being locked out, us being unable to protect our businesses from discrimination our agricultural products being excluded from these areas. high tar i haves that prevent us from being able to compete fairly. when it comes to services or it comes to the internet for example, our ability to maintain intellectual property protection or freedom in the internet

and this trade promotion authority, thanks to the work of senator wyden and hatch, reflects some of those lessons. in terms of actually getting a deal done, the first trade agreement potentially would present under this trade promotion authority would be the transpacific partnership or tpp. i've spoken to this before, but i will just repeat, that 95% of the world's markets are outside our borders. the fastest growing markets, populace markets, are going to be in asia. if we do not help to shape the rules so that our businesses and our workers can compete in those markets, then china will set up rules that advantage chinese workers and chinese businesses. and that will set the stage over the next 20, 30 years, for us being locked out, us being unable to protect our businesses from discrimination, our agricultural products being excluded from these areas, high tariffs that prevent us from being able it to compete fairly, when it comes to services or it examines to the internet, for example, our ability to maintain intellectual property protection or freedom in the internet or other requirem

tpa legislation, which was agreed upon yesterday after months of negotiations by democrat ron wyden andublicans orrin hatch and paul ryan, would allow the president and his successors to fast track trade agreements. now, congress would get a vote on the overall agreement but would not be able to change any of it. that fits in with the ongoing discussions of the trans-pacific partnership or tpp, which is the 12-nation trade agreement being brokered by the obama administration, japan and ten other countries in the asia-pacific region. trade unions, environmentalists and many democrats oppose that potential deal. senator chuck schumer is quoted as saying he feels it hurts middle class families. the president said yesterday that exports support more than 11 million jobs and the united states -- not china -- should be writing the rules for the global economy. he has the backing here of top republicans. john boehner spoke to maria bartiromo about that dynamic. >> we're going to need democrats to pass trade promotion authority. now, again, i think we'll get there because it's hard for me to im

. >> apparently in the senate finance committee today, ron wyden is saying they agree with the humanghts provisions in here. i don't know how you're going to enforce that. you're trusting other nations. larry, what do you make of this? >> i think there was no enforcement. i was in mexico last week with progressive groups including independent unionists. they haven't been talked to at all. somehow we'll will it through words in a chapter when the countries involved, whether it's vietnam or other groups mexico where conditions for workers continue to get worse, it's impossible. and we've had no enforcement before. we get reports. i was in honduras. we got a nice report on honduras three years after the complaints were filed. gaut mala, 6 years later and then meets with the governments. meanwhile, corporations get the right to sue and get billions of dollars. it's not any better. just better words in some ways but the end result is exactly the same. citizens get nothing. >> ed let me just add. >> hold on. congresswoman, are there enough votes in the vote to pass fast track? >> we're not

so i would like to commend the senate finance chair orrin hatch and the panels ranking member ron wyden and the house ways and means committee chair paul ryan. i commend them for providing a framework for moving forward on a pair of the most significant trade negotiations in our history. the transpacific and the trans-atlantic trade and investment partnerships. those of you fond of acronyms can understand. the new bipartisan bill if enacted will fully respect and preserve the rights of congress. but it will also give the president of the united states the flexibility that he has to have to negotiate on our nation's behalf and make no mistake that the questions of whether the president should have trade promotion authority in the end really does come down to whether the united states should even pursue significant free-trade agreements and that is what is at stake. during my 28 plus years of service in the united states than it i have a lot of conversations on the subject, factory workers union representatives, business people and other professionals often these discussions were very hea

senate finance committee leaders republican orrin hatch and democrat ron wyden could introduce a introduce fast track trade promotion authority bill as early as this week that would give the president authority to negotiate a trade deal, and then present it to congress for a yes or no vote, with no amendments allowed. the bill would need 60 votes to pass the full senate. republicans control 54 votes and almost all are expected to vote for the measure. on wednesday, more than a thousand labor union members rallied outside u.s. capitol to call on democrats to oppose fast-track authority. they were joined by several members of congress. this is independent senator bernie sanders of vermont. >> what this is about is not just trade. it is about whether this united states congress begins to work with the middle class and working families of this country, or whether it is totally owned by billionaires and their lobbyists. amy: we will let you know if he officially announces he is running for president. for more on the brewing battle in congress over the transpacific partnership and fast track aut

senate finance committee leaders republican orrin hatch and democrat ron wyden negotiated the deal with republican congressmember paul ryan. it will allow obama to negotiate the 12-nation pact, then present it to congress for a yes-or-no vote, with no amendments allowed. in a statement, lori wallach of public citizen said the bill introduced thursday would -- "delegate away congress' constitutional trade authority and give blank-check powers to whomever may be president during the next three to six years for any agreements he or she may pursue. wallach continued -- saying it is a corporate trojan horse which would serve multinational firms while undermining health and environment regulations. to see our interview with lori wallach and congressmember alan grayson on the tpp, you can go to democracynow.org. iraqi security forces battled militants the self-proclaimed islamic state thursday inside iraq's largest oil refinery. the united states has been conducting airstrikes in the area around the refinery. meanwhile, a top iraqi military official told the associated press, iraqi forces have

. ♪ >>> honorable ron wyden and mrs. widen. >> how are your use of chopsticks?ng in that department. yes. >> will you use the flatware. >> i always play it safe. i'll try a double threat and use both. i am obviously there's a long way to go, but the fact that we had such a thrown vote in the senate finance committee including a majority of finance democrats certainly got us off to a good start. thanks, everybody. [ inaudible ] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> honorable nancy pelosi and mr. pelosi. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> senator tom parker and mrs. parker. ♪ >>> mr. russell wilson and miss ciera harris. >> is this the right carpet here? >> i haven't been here yet so i'm excited. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ inaudible ] [ inaudible ]. >>> the honorable gregory meeks and mrs. meeks. >>> the honorable catherine russell and the honorable thomas donilon. >>> honorable paul ryan and mrs. ryan. >>> the honorable parker and mr. parker. >> your son? >> yes. >> my daughter is a senior in high school but he's a junior at georgetown so he's always my date. >> how old are you? >> 21. >> so you can direct now. >> that's wh

of committee this week an education bill, and we have trade promotion agreements that hatch and ron wyden dealt with. we have a number of things that i think are getting ready to hit the floor. the log jam we are talking about over this nominee likely will be worked out in the beginning part of this week once the human trafficking piece is worked out with it. >> senator bob corker thanks very much for joining us this sunday. >> thank you. >>> i want to turn to senator ben cardin. he's the ranking democrat on the senate foreign relations committee, partnered with senator corker in that iran bill. but senator cardin if i can, just before we get to iran i want to touch on what senator corker ended with there. his belief that the loretta lynch nomination will be resolved in the early part of this week. do you believe the same thing? is there a commitment from democratic and republican leadership to move this forward? >> well, i agree with president obama. loretta lynch should have been on the floor for a vote well before now. this is the longest any attorney general nominee has had to wait an

when senator wyden pressed, what are the specifics? what were the 58 cases?ventually the nsa came back and said it was not 58 prevented by the surveillance. it was one. what was the one? a thousand dollars were sent by taxi worker in the u.s. to a group in the middle east possibly associated with terrorism. that was the one case. in short uni both have the expertise to follow this and see what the government comes up with in their claims. there's no question at all of the claims works from the elevated angstrom expanded with very little base and saying how well the surveillance is necessary to fix those. on the other hand, you'll never hear from the official of judgment. how many lives are lost by keeping the secrets? i went to vietnam and lied into it like so many other americans. i was billion. that's a civilian. i walked in combat using my former marine experience it. the people who are risking their lives and lost their lives were dragged into it. same with the people in iraq in 2003. all those lives like 15,000 in vietnam and several thousand in iraq cou

another situation where you have democrats the vast issue and then the white house democrats like ron wyden that helped write this bill on the other side the deal was announced at the end of last week looking this over and getting a feel for it but it does seem like there there's a lot of democratic opposition to the bill so that's going to be interesting to see if the republicans can cobble together the coalition where he appears interested in signing up. >> it looks unlikely in the senate this week and the house has their big security and that we have to wait until next week for the calendar. >> sarah, national journal staff correspondent or he thinks. we appreciate it. thank you. >>> in the senate we could see see work on the anti-human trafficking bill and the house coming in for a brief pro forma session dabbling in tomorrow at 2:00 eastern and working this week on the consumer financial protection bureau into cybersecurity. also today at 3:00 the house and senate conference committee meeting at 3:00 on c-span. the senate will come to order. the chaplain, dr. barry black, will lead the

they point out the deal was struck by orrin hatch of utah ron wyden, the ranking member on finance, paulyan, a republican of wisconsin who chairs the ways and means committee." a couple tastes and we will dig into this more in the days ahead. ken, lancaster, south carolina. thank you for waiting. independent caller. caller: i want to talk about hillary clinton and immigration. please give me a little time like you did the other gentlemen. host: ok. caller: you there. host: we are listening. caller: since president obama has been in office, the only thing he has been talking about is immigration. unemployment among blacks is twice as much as whites and illegal immigrants. 90,000 work visas a month he is giving to illegals. i do not know why blacks are supporting this deal hillary clinton, a senator from new york, voted for the iraq war. she never put major legislation and she proposed that. as secretary of state, she flew around the country and never did nothing. and stayed with a man -- all the women say she is strong. staying with a man that cheated on her numerous times. i don't know e