West Wing Reads Vice President Pence: Congress Must Pass the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement

Vice President Pence: Congress Must Pass the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement “Leaders on both sides of the aisle in Congress have long recognized the failures of the trade deal the USMCA will replace: the North American Free Trade Agreement,” Vice President Mike Pence writes in The Washington Post. “That outdated trade deal has hurt middle-class Americans, stifled innovation and left entire communities shuttered as jobs and opportunity have moved south of the border. The USMCA will fix NAFTA’s problems and accomplish much more. And not only is the agreement a bipartisan win for the United States, it’s a win for all three countries.” Click here to read more. “What is going on in this country right now, especially on Capitol Hill, is nothing short of deceitful behavior which intentionally distorts the truth in order to win a political battle,” writes Thomas Homan, a top immigration official under both President Trump and former President Obama, in Fox News. “I saw it firsthand when I testified on Capitol Hill this past Friday, in front of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. Aside from the six minutes I was given to read my opening statement, there was an attempt by most Democrats on that committee to silence me.” He continued: “They didn’t want to hear from me. They didn’t want the truth. They simply wanted to continue to push their false narrative about the Border Patrol and ICE.” Today, President Donald J. Trump will require Federal agencies to buy domestic iron, steel, and other materials for projects such as airports, roads, and bridges, White House Director of Trade and Manufacturing Policy Peter Navarro writes in Fox News. “Buy American federal procurement rules provide good manufacturing jobs at good wages, propelling more workers into middle-class prosperity . . . Perhaps most importantly, Buy American helps strengthen our manufacturing and defense industrial base.” “Congress has been sitting on the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA, for months. A badly needed update to NAFTA, the USMCA is in danger of being talked to death by Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, despite the free trade agreement enjoying broad bipartisan support,” tax expert Ryan Ellis writes in the Washington Examiner. “USMCA would create 176,000 new jobs and permanently increase the size of our economy by $68.2 billion, or 0.35%. That’s like giving $200 to every man, woman, and child in America, every year.”