It also helps reduce our reliance on China, by making it more cost-effective to import from low- and middle-income countries.

Taiwan is a key trading partner with whom we have a strategic relationship that is intimately intertwined with our economic security.

Taiwan is a key trading partner with whom we have a strategic relationship that is intimately intertwined with our economic security.

I cannot think of any other dictatorship, specifically one committing crimes against humanity, that we willingly provide duty-free benefits to.

For this simple reason, I believe we cannot ignore when one of our free trade partners, specifically Nicaragua, becomes a brutal dictatorship.

It also helps reduce our reliance on China, by making it more cost-effective to import from low- and middle-income countries.

We also conveyed our grave concerns over the significant institutional damage the precedent of early termination would cause.

I was pleased to see in the recent release of the annual human rights report that the department again pointed out these missions as a form of forced labor.

If we are going to address the enormous scale of the global challenges we face in the 21st century, we need a well-resourced State Department with the most appropriate personnel and tools to promote American foreign policy.

I rise to speak to the amendments that we are considering on the effort to repeal the 1991 and 2002 authorization for the use of military force. As I have previously said, I welcome a broader discussion on the 2001 authorization for the…

Finally, last month The New York Times published a disturbing report on the illegal use of migrant child labor by several major companies.

So I am worried that while we are talking broadly, the effect in Puerto Rico for the 3.5 million United States citizens is disproportionate.