Do you commit to carry out the Trade Promotion Authority direction that in trade agreements we will carry out anti-corruption commitments?

We do need a strong USTR to enforce our antidumping laws and to deal with illegal subsidies.

Do you also commit that you will comply with that principal negotiating objective that was included in the congressional act?

I do know, though, on enforcing our antidumping laws, it would be very helpful if, in the bilateral agreements, we had specific references to the enforcement of U.S. law in that bilateral rather than relying on a case within the WTO.

We have always included in our Trade Promotion Authority an effort by the USTR to get border adjustment comparable to what our trading partners have.

We expect the USTR to comply with the delegation and the objectives given to you by Congress.

I have a great deal of confidence in his ability to negotiate and to stand up for enforcement of American trade laws.

The Yemen conflict is one that has profound serious implications for U.S. national security.

along with the Presiding Officer, I have the distinct honor of serving on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and am the ranking Democrat on that committee. There are many areas of challenge for our national security. We could talk…

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I think that the key thing is to demonstrate, particularly to the Houthis, that, in fact, there is no military objective, there is no military end to this conflict, and that they are best to try to secure a negotiated settlement.

I have concerns about consequences of actions taken without a coordinated strategy that could escalate U.S. involvement that may not be constructive to accomplishing our objectives.

The current approach appears to lack nuance or reflection on the consequences of actions before taking them.

How do we influence the Saudis to be more aggressive to pursue peace? We have a lot of engagement with the Saudis. We have leverage.

Yemen is in the middle of an active civil war.

Our insistence on international humanitarian and human rights laws is desperately needed in Yemen today.

If successful, a coalition victory in Hodeidah would not only facilitate the delivery of humanitarian assistance... but it would also change the equation somewhat and increase the pressure on the Houthis and Ali Abdullah Saleh to agree to…

The only way we are going to be able to get a negotiated settlement on the civil war is to get the Houthis and the Saudis to be able to sit down and really negotiate the terms of a future for Yemen.

I would just encourage the Trump administration to get their team in place as quickly as possible.

An outright military victory by one side is no longer a realistic possibility in the near term.

I think it is very timely and important, considering what is happening today in Yemen.

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I think there needs to be three forms of pressure.

We have not heard a lot about getting humanitarian aid into Venezuela.