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I thank the leader for yielding. You know, it never ceases to amaze me the misleading claims that will come from my colleagues on the other side of the aisle at times. One of them that has been talked about a lot here today is the fact…
In South Dakota, we understand the importance of opening new markets to our home-grown products.
Our hearing today is an opportunity to highlight the American success story, that is, our Nation's growing agricultural exports and the jobs that they support here at home.
It is disappointing that, more than 3 years into the Obama administration, TPP is the only new trade agreement being pursued.
For the life of me, I do not know why we have not been able to make any headway on extending TPA and moving forward with free trade agreements.
I just hope that we can continue to allow American producers, who are the best in the world, to continue to help feed the world.
We are going to stay at it until it gets changed. I mean, this is too important.
It appears unlikely to conclude before the end of President Obama's term.
I do want to welcome Paul Casper to the committee today and thank him for his willingness to make some comments.
I find it troubling that the administration has not yet requested an extension of Trade Promotion Authority.
China is today the largest export market for U.S. agriculture, with agricultural exports to China totaling nearly $20 billion and supporting 160,000 American jobs.
I think this needs to be a priority. This is a pretty big deal for us.
I think that a lot of times Americans do not always appreciate how important export markets are to job creation here at home.
Japan is the United States' fourth-largest agricultural export market overall, despite maintaining some import barriers.
Our beef exports have been subject to unwarranted restrictions in some of these important Asian markets, notably China and Japan.
I look forward to continuing to work with the administration on a successful conclusion to the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
America cannot continue to lead the world in high-quality agricultural exports unless we continue to open new markets in Asia.