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United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement

Floor Speech

Date: Sept. 10, 2019
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Foreign Affairs Agriculture and Food

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Mr. GRASSLEY. Madam President, agriculture and the family farmers of America depend upon exports for prosperity. Passing the U.S.-Mexico- Canada Agreement is then critical to provide farmers and ranchers with the certainty they need to make long-term business decisions.

Over $10 billion worth of agricultural products are exported each year to our neighbors, and that supports more than 86,000 jobs. Modernizing and improving our trade relationships with Canada and Mexico is a bipartisan no-brainer.

Former Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and I discussed the USMCA in Des Moines last month at a local dairy processing plant. Secretary Vilsack and I agree we must pass the USMCA to help our farmers.

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