Ms. Tai, you must make the President understand that trade is a domestic priority for hundreds of millions of Americans.

the agreement that we have with China is the agreement that we have, and there are promises that China made that China needs to deliver on.

I expect Ms. Tai will well demonstrate in today's hearing that she has the requisite skillset to deliver as much.

Good governance, rule of law, anti-corruption are fundamental values that we as Americans want to hold ourselves to, and that we will want to hold our trading partners to.

I want to acknowledge that, if confirmed, this will be an area that will require close coordination.

I believe that trade policy has a lot to contribute to the climate effort.

I will be very interested in being part of the administration's conversation with Congress about what we do in our whole-of-government approach to addressing this question.

That is a pattern that we are trying to break out of.

I know that the challenges ahead are significant. Our first task will be to help American communities emerge from the pandemic and economic crisis.

I want to reinforce your description of the relationship and the partnership that is required between the administration and Congress on trade as a constitutional and legal matter.

I appreciated your picking up on that point I made when we were having discussions with respect to trade really being about expanding the winner's circle.

I think that, for a very long time, regular people, ordinary Americans and workers, have felt disconnected from our trade policies.

I think that our trade policies need to be nuanced and need to take into account all of the lessons that we have learned--many of them very painful--from our most recent history.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I appreciate the bipartisanship way your Committee has worked over the years to ensure that the Federal Government honors its trust responsibility to all Native Americans.

Your work here empowers the Native community to continue exercising true self-determination--our right to chart our own course and maintain our distinct traditions, cultures, and Native ways.

A CALL TO ACTION: NATIVE COMMUNITIES' PRIORITIES IN FOCUS FOR THE 117TH CONGRESS

your goal should be to get every single one of them vaccinated, assuming that they are not going to object to getting a vaccine.