Madam President, soon the Senate will vote on the final passage of the new North American Free Trade Agreement. I am going to make just a few remarks. I know Senator Toomey is here to make remarks. Later, he is going to offer, I believe…

Madam President, first, I want to make sure that we can enter into the Record a thanks that is deserved to the bipartisan team here in the Senate that has made this day possible. Second, on one substantive point, because I associate myself…

Mr. President, when the Trump administration unveiled their original version of this proposal, it was stunning to see how weak it was in terms of trade enforcement. When you write a proposal with weak trade enforcement, particularly on…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 1 minute and then for Senator Toomey to proceed with the procedural question. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, this afternoon, the Finance Committee is kicking off this debate. I will have some remarks, and then the distinguished chairman of the committee, Senator Grassley, will have some remarks, and Senator Brown, who has played…

So would Senator Brown be saying that if it is found that there were labor violations at a car factory, the penalties could apply to any car that might come into the United States from that factory throughout the investigation, not just…

If you would, Senator Brown, take us through what kinds of actions can be taken against a facility. In other words, my understanding is, if the labor inspectors find violations when they inspect it, they have a host of remedies. The…

I appreciate Mr. Brown's taking us through this. It is faster. It is tougher because it gets at the individual factory level. It is stronger because it stops those repeat offenders who come up with products using exploitive labor. I want…

He has done so much work on these issues--not just in the last few months but for years and years. I want to thank him for his extraordinary commitment to the rights of workers and to all these communities that, he has pointed out…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent to pose some questions to my colleague from Ohio. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, what is the business now before the Senate? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The pending question is H.R. 5430, the USMCA bill. H.R. 5430

Madam President, I think this has been central to what we will be debating and we will be voting on tomorrow morning. I want to thank Senator Brown. This bill would not have happened without tough trade enforcement led by Senator Brown…

I have appreciated this colloquy with Senator Brown. I have a couple of town meetings at home this weekend, working-class neighborhoods, where trade has been really important. One out of four jobs in my State revolves around trade, and…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that my fellow Nitza Sola-Rotger have privileges of the floor for the balance of the day. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Mr. President, a lot is happening right now across our country and in Washington, DC, and in the House and the Senate--and across the globe, for that matter. There are a lot of issues. There is one that has not received the attention it…

I appreciate the gentlewoman's courtesy in permitting me to speak on this and bringing us together, and I have enjoyed listening to my colleagues walk us down memory lane. Barbara Lee, Jan Schakowsky, these are painful memories, but we…

I thank Chairman Scott for yielding. Mr. Chairman, today, by supporting the bipartisan Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act, we can protect the civil rights of older workers who are striving to provide for themselves and…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 247, nays 159, not voting 24, as follows: [Roll No. 13]…