should this trade agreement be completed, it will have a dynamic effect on the economies of all nations concerned.

T-TIP represents a historic opportunity for both sides to create greater openness, transparency and convergence in regulatory approaches and standards.

I believe that when foreign companies want initiate or expand their manufacturing footprint in the U.S. it's good for our long term economic success.

I look forward to hearing from each of you and now recognize the ranking member, Jan Schakowsky from Illinois.

We should use every tool at our disposal in an effort to maximize the potential benefits for Americans when it comes to this agreement.

A trade agreement with the European Union should in many ways be a common sense policy for the United States.

TTIP represents a historic opportunity for both sides to create greater openness, transparency, and convergence in regulatory approaches and standards.

I believe that when foreign companies want to initiate or expand their manufacturing footprint in the U.S., it is good for our long-term economic success.

If there is one thing I think we can take away from this hearing today is that TTIP is not going to be easy.

I have been a supporter of biofuels, not just because I am from the Cornhusker State and that is economically important to Nebraska.

It has been frustrating to just hear the same old entrenched, 'you are either in or you are out,' 'nothing needs to be fixed,' 'it is either totally right or totally wrong.'