Jim McDermott: “They need food and clothing and housing and medical care. That is what AFDC was about.”

In my opinion, it could be one of the most important hearings we have held during my time as ranking member on the subcommittee.

The USMCA proved that bringing all stakeholders to the table--labor, workers, business, and members of Congress--can produce stronger trade agreements.

We have made some substantive bipartisan progress recently. We need to build on our success.

None of us on our side who were involved in drawing it up thought for one minute that we had created the Ten Commandments off the mountain, which haven't been changed since Moses brought them down off the mountain.