Jim McDermott: “I suspect the chairman and I and all the committee have a boatload of questions.”

If confirmed as Deputy United States Trade Representative, I will continue to fight for American workers, fight for the environment, and fight for our economic future.

We are trying to figure out where we are going as a country and how we can turn our investments and innovation into sustainable models moving forward.

This area is such a large part of our economy as well as such a large part of our question of national security.

It includes a new tool known as the rapid response mechanism that, when used, allows us to promptly raise concerns with the Mexican and Canadian Governments when there are allegations of worker rights violations.