Jim McDermott: “My concern is that should the labor text go beyond the May 10th Agreement it would create, first, unnecessary…”

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.

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.

Ambassador Tai believes we need a different approach that gives workers a seat at the table, so their perspectives and voices are incorporated into the policy that we develop.

This committee has the potential of doing more good for the American people than perhaps any other single subcommittee in the Congress.