Congress responded by providing funding through the American Rescue Plan act to help Native communities rebuild their economies.

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on our Native communities.

If confirmed, I commit to using the trade tools at my disposal to ensure that American workers and innovators are able to reap the benefits of their innovation, including overseas.

Right now there is nothing more directly impactful on the hope of regular people to be able to resume their lives, to become active members of their economies, than their ability to get a vaccine.

I think that was really a remarkable model of bipartisanship and leadership by the United States to address a problem...

I know how important this issue is; I know what the stakes are in terms of global economic recovery, and also in terms of these intellectual property protections.

The American Jobs Plan and the American Family Plan would combine to make the United States a healthier, safer, more prosperous, fairer, and a more competitive nation.

I will be raising this again with my Canadian counterpart at the Free Trade Commission meeting of the USMCA.

I commit to consulting with this committee; that is why I am here, that is why I will be here when you ask me to come.

The administration believes strongly in intellectual property protections, but in service of ending this pandemic, supports a waiver of those protections for COVID-19 vaccines.

We want a fair international trading system that promotes inclusive growth and reflects America's universal values.

USTR specifically has been charged with making sure that efforts that we take do not undermine labor protections in those regions.

I think that we need to be engaging with the rest of the world--and certainly in this part of the world--from a position of strength.

I look forward to answering your questions and our continued partnership strengthening the Indigenous tourism industry for Tribes, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiians organizations.

I know what your views are on this, and I look forward to working with you on other tools that we can use.

I think that what I would say is, the provision that you cited earlier really has more to do with withdrawing the United States from the WTO as opposed to the authority of the United States to participate at the WTO as a full member.

Our worker-centric trade policy is a key part of the Biden-Harris administration's effort to Build Back Better.

At the request and recommendation of Senator Portman, I have committed to doing a top-to-bottom review of our China trade policy.