Mike Conaway: “I appreciate my colleague from Texas for yielding. I am certainly glad this day has finally arrived and to stand with…”

“I appreciate my colleague from Texas for yielding. I am certainly glad this day has finally arrived and to stand with American farmers by passing the USMCA. For the last year, Democrats obsessed over a partisan impeachment process while President Trump remained focused on securing the wins that American farmers were counting on. For our farm families, passing USMCA means an annual increase of $2.2 billion in agriculture exports. It also means we gain about 176,000 quality jobs for Americans. The USMCA resets our trading relationships with Mexico and Canada, improves our farmers' market access to these two important trading partners, and strips away nontariff barriers that prevent free and fair trade. I commend President Trump, Ambassador Lighthizer, and Ambassador Doud for their tireless work on this agreement, in all its stages. Our farmers and ranchers were counting on them, and they delivered. The near-universal support in the agricultural community for USMCA speaks volumes about the importance of this trade deal. I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting America's farmers and ranchers by voting to pass the USMCA.”