[CTC] House majority leader: USMCA bill could be considered next Wednesday

[Arthur Stamoulis]

House majority leader: USMCA bill could be considered next Wednesday 
12/12/2019
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) expects the administration will submit the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement’s implementing bill to Capitol Hill soon so that it can be considered next Wednesday.

“It is possible that the USMCA trade agreement could be brought to the floor next week,” he said on the House floor on Thursday. “[T]he administration is working on submitting implementing legislation to the Congress.”

Hoyer’s “presumption” is that the administration will submit the bill to Capitol Hill in the “the relatively near term and it will be available for consideration next Wednesday,” he added.

House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA) on Tuesday said he would “begin to share” details on the changes to USMCA with fellow lawmakers before any “expedited” moves <https://insidetrade.com/node/167805> were made to bring a USMCA bill to the floor. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, Canadian Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland and Mexican Under Secretary for North America Jesús Seade signed a USMCA “protocol of amendment” outlining the changes later that day.


Arthur Stamoulis
Citizens Trade Campaign
(202) 494-8826




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