On the recordJanuary 15, 2020
Today is a great day for America. It is great day for American agriculture and American manufacturing. Today, the President signs phase one of the China trade deal. But this news, the most important news of the day, won't be covered much by the national media. Instead, the story, the photo of the day will be Speaker Pelosi parading her tardy Articles of Impeachment to the Senate with pomp and circumstance. America can only hope this is the last chapter on this side of the capitol of this made-for-TV impeachment charade. Why won't the national media cover this trade agreement story? Because it is another example of a promise made, promise kept by our President. It is another example of our President's policies working. Once the Chinese trade agreement is completed, the President will have renegotiated over half of our country's export-import business. Now, that is making America great again. That is the art of the deal. As part of the phase one agreement, China will buy $200 billion worth of American goods and services over the next 2 years, nearly doubling our U.S. exports to the country and further narrowing the gap of our longstanding trade agreements and deficits. Agriculture goods will account for nearly $100 billion of these purchases, providing a much- needed boost to the industry that accounts for more than 40 percent of our Kansas State's economy. All this increase in exports only adds to our Nation's GDP.…
