may: i want us to leave the european union, i've been working to leave the european union, i have voted consistently in parliament for us to leave. had everybody in parliament voted the same way we would no longer be a member of the european union. you take that to me that are not going to contemplate leaving the european union of your own choice without a withdrawal agreement? p.m. may: i'm making a very simple point, which is that -- i know, and i am answering your question away in which i choose to enter it. -- the way in which i choose to answer it. the point is simple, i stand by the references i made in the past that no deal is a bad deal, i have a good deal. when i first made that reference, i was talking in the abstract at lancaster house, and we now are no longer talking in the abstract, we are talking about a negotiated deal, hard-fought, which has -- which i believe is a good deal for the united kingdom. that is why i say it remains the government's position we will continue to work to leave with a deal. >> so if the house of commons declines to approve a withdrawal agreement

the secretary of state and the european union? prime minister may: we'll have a different arrangement for the negotiations. i think most likely it would be led by the secretary of state. if i can can just explain obviously the next stage of negotiations, phase two of negotiations, includes wide range of issues. of course it would be necessary to be able to draw cross expertise from a cross government on all matters that were involved. for example, one element that will be security aspects. obviously making sure that those who are expert, part of those negotiations will be important. >> what would be your role or role of your successor if that's what happens in the negotiations? how would that be habbled? prime minister may: the secretary of state would operate according to policies set by the government. there would be not just a role for that individual and the rolls, but roll for the cabinet. >> is the government ready for negotiations? i ask because the discriminate -- secretary of state announced mon-b a month ago the governme

will it be the european union? we would have a different arrangement for the negotiation most likely it would be led by the secretary of state. could just explain, the next stage of negotiations include the wide range of issues, and it would be necessary to be able to draw cross expertise for cross government on all matters, one element would go to the security aspects. making sure that those who are expert and well-versed are part of the negotiations. >> what would be your role or the role of your successor in the negotiations? how would that be handled with the secretary of state? >> the secretary of state would operate according to policy set by the government. a there would be not just role for that individual and the prime minister, but a role for the cabinet. >> is the government ready for negotiations? the secretary of state and announced a month ago the government was planning to set up an expert advisory group in trade and customs. has that group been established? >> there are various pieces of work being

customs agreement with the european union. i'm committed to those objectives and we negotiated a good deal to deliver on those to deliver it. >> this government say they are committed to tackling climate change yet too often the evidence suggests otherwise. take the examples of support, and their refusal to help award-winning tidal energy specialists, and innovations. and 99.4% of uk exports in the energy sector. and fossil fuel projects. if this government is serious about addressing the climate emergency, will they prove it by investing in the future, not the past? >> we are investing in the future and not the past which is why we are encouraging issues like electric vehicles, battery technology taking place in the uk. he talks about interest and support in what we need to do on climate change, look at our record. our renewable energy has quadrupled since 2010. annual support renewables over $10 billion by 2021. 99% of solar power deployed in the uk has been deployed under the conservatives in government. we have been decolo

a possible temporary customs union with the future uk government could change and the european union have dismissed. i trade arrangement which the former uk representative to the eu has described as the definition of insanity. mr. speaker, none of what the prime minister announced yesterday was discussed with the devolved government. this really goes to the heart of the problem. in december 2016 the scottish government published a compromise position. this was projected without discussion. scotland's voice has been ignored time and time again. brexit has -- from the scottish parliament. that is no respect for the devolved administration by this government. westminster has ignored scotland. mr. speaker, this is a tory mess. look around, there is no support for the prime minister is deal. prime minister, this deal faces even a bigger defeat the last one. tomorrow, communities will make their voice heard, and our democratic european relation. mr. speaker, a vote for the scottish national party is a vote to stop brexit. a vote to stop this economic matters, about to respect scotland's de

the european union should take. i want to open this up for questions and comments. a questiono direct to anyone of the panelists. let's start with the gentleman in the back. please wait for the microphone. if you can introduce yourself and your affiliation. antoine. with now, in the coming weeks we will be seeing a fascinating power-play between counsel and european parliament. constitutional matters, this might be a question that does not interested that much. what do you think would be the effect on the voters should the european parliament let go of candidates becoming european commission president? do you think this would be negative or would they not care about it? how much importance would you give to a question like this? erik: let's pick up one more while we're at it. let's go to the middle. >> i have a question. -- do anyone of you anyone of you want to venture some guesses as to how europe will reach parliament? about thefirst one is described antoine which party will nominate the next european commission

toit just goes to show, understand the european union you need to understand the , european union. just bringing over what you saw work in this country does not necessarily work in a union of with all of the differentiation and all the granularities across these countries that we discussed earlier. conversely, internationally, even this campaign that we are supposedly putting together, the supposedly is putting together against iran. with respect to the china different there are ways that -- this administration needs europe to sit down and go away. whether you agree with what the arguments the administration are mounting about iran or you agree with how they are mounting the china challenge it does, in , order to get some of the objections through that mr. bolton has, right at the heart of the white house, you need europe to stay calm. and i think as we are nearing the cusp of the original brexit time, and as we move toward october, it is not for the markets, it is not good for the american economy to have that --d of discombobulated n within thetio system when you are trying to sl

against all productions, the british people voted to leave the european union. i feel as certain today as i did three years ago that in a democracy come if you give people a choice, you have a duty to implement what they decide. i have done my best to do that. i negotiated the terms of our exit and a new relationship with our closest neighbors that protects jobs, our security and union. i have done everything i can to convince mps to back the deal. sadly, i have not been able to do so. . tried three times i believe it was right to persevere even when the odds against success seemed high. it is now clear to me that it is in the best interest of the country for a new promised her to lead that effort. asnnounce that i will resign leader of the conservative and union is -- unionist party on friday the seventh of june so it successor can be chosen. i have agreed to party chairman. -- process tost elect a new leader should begin next week. i have kept her majesty the queen aware of my intentions. a is and will always remain matter of deep regret to me that i have not

trump: the tariffs have been a necessary thing for me to do because in the case of the european union, they have not treated us right. money for manyng years and the european union has not treated us properly, but we will see what happens in regard to tariffs. we have not made a decision on that. >> [indiscernible] pres. trump: it will be discussed next week. >> [indiscernible] say it again, say it again. >> [indiscernible] pres. trump: well, i think i have a very good relationship with some of the press. unfortunately, some of the press does not cover me accurately. they go out of their way to cover me in accurately, so i don't think that is a free press, i think that is a dishonest breast. i want to see a free press. the fronty to see on page of the "new york times" that they were talking about spying on my campaign. that is a big difference between the way they have been covering, but that is a big story. that is a story bigger than watergate, as far as i'm concerned. i want to see freedom of the press, and i get treated fairly by some press, but i get treated very unfairly by othe

customs union compromised dismissed by the european union. isn't this new deal just a fantasy? >> i set out the 10 points about the new deal. there is a difference of opinion on the future customs arrangement with the european union which is why this house actually comes to a decision on that issue. allowing the second reading, will enable the house to come to a decision on that issue and labels the house to come to a decision on the second referendum which i continue to believe would not be the right route for this country to go down. we should deliver on the first referendum before suggesting a second. >> look at the benches behind you. the prime minister is fooling no one but herself and the truth is that the people of scotland don't want her deal. her own party doesn't want her deal and even the pro-brexit labor a bench would support her deal. her time is up. tomorrow people in scotland have a choice, to send a message, to send outward looking scottish national parties to brussels to stop brexit. what party does she think the people of scotland will choose? >> there's only

on cars with the european union. a decision on that. >> -- secretary -- make it official? it will be ump: discussed next week. say it again? [inaudible] president trump: well, i think i with some rels ship of the press, and unfortunately, cover the press doesn't me accurately. in fact, they quo out of their way to cover me inaccurately so free t think that's a press. a dishonest press and i want to see a free press. today i was happy to see on the front page of the "new york times" for the first time where hey were talking about spying and they were talking about my campaign. that's a big difference between the way they have been covering but that's a big story. that's a story bigger than watergate as far as i'm concerned. see freedom of the ress and i get treated fairly by some press but i get treated very unfairly by other press and frankly i think my campaign. that's a big difference between the that's very dishonest. consider, when you have stories that are purposefully written badly, in many cases, on purpose, y

or 25% of the lng imported by the european union in 2018. you see that? we will sell you a lot of natural gas. there is only one problem, jeff told me. you sold out for 20 years. can you believe it? you sold out, rigth? so we can't sell them anything more, can we? you better build those additional monsters, please. you have to get started on that. come on, jeff, what is taking so long? sold out for 20 years, like an office building. but you make more money. and, boy, i will tell you, it is great for the country. this extraordinary turnaround is possible, because, under my administration, we have ended the war on american energy and ended the war on the economic assault on our wonderful energy workers. and you are under assault. [applause] pres. trump: now they talk about the green new deal. the green new deal. everybody go home, you just lost your jobs. the green new deal is a hoax, like the hoax i just went through. i am not even sure. it might be a bigger one. and mine was pretty big. mine was unlimited. think of it. the green new deal. under that deal,

as we leave the european union we will bring new powers and responsibilities. i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others in addition to my duties in this house and i will have further meetings later today. >> thank you, mister speaker and i agree with what the prime minister said. this suggests 780,000 people with two thirds guaranteed hours, constituents of mine live in a privacy rental accommodation and get a third job and rates went up. he and his family survive by the use of a local food bank. will the prime ministers end these injustices and ban contracts? >> i say to the honorable lady, the issues about the contract was the conservative party. the labour party did nothing about it. it was the conservatives that banned exclusive 0 hours contracts. >> it is a huge issue because historically schools had less funding for decades compared to authorities like bryson holmes. there was a 6% increase and this your schools should be getting a 7.6% increase in people funding for 64,000 pounds of that being kept behind the council. will prime minister do w

european union. just asefore, they are tough as china, they are just a little bit smaller. they are all tough. when they look at your country is not being strong from certain standpoint, like when they used to take advantage of your country, they get much tougher than they should. quickly. change very amazing how quickly. i especially want to thank sempra energy's chairman and ceo. it was great what you said and what you have done. thank you for the tour. [applause] pres. trump: your company president, justin berg, and your chief operating officer. that was a great tour. thank you very much. [applause] it was not long ago to build a planned natural gas import terminal on this very spot. that was in the past, when our leaders pursued policies that were anti-american energy and anti-american worker, and anti-america wealth. it all ended. those days are over. now we have an america first energy policy, just like we have an america first policy. it is music to people's years. [applause] -- ears. [applause] pres. trump: we believe in unlocking our nation' resourcess, empowering

our ambassador to the european union, gordon sunderland. thank you. where is he? great job. [applause] pres. trump: and he brought along the vice president of the european commission. [applause] pres. trump: thank you very much. thank you. european union. i said before, they are just as tough as china, they are just a little bit smaller. they are pretty tough, too. they are all tough. when they look at your country as not being strong from certain standpoints, like when they used to take advantage of your country, they get much tougher than they should be, but that is all changing very quickly. amazing how quickly. i especially want to thank sempra energy's chairman and ceo. jeff martin. that was great what you said and what you have done. thank you for the tour. [applause] pres. trump: your company president, justin berg, and your chief operating officer. that was a great tour. thank you very much. [applause] pres. trump: it was not long ago that sempra planned to build a natural gas import terminal on this very spot. that was in the past, when our leaders pursued policies

reaching agreements with canada, mexico, and the european union will allow us to turn, pivot, and address the egregious actions going on right now with china as it relates to trade. so maybe it puts forward a need to get agreements in place with our allies quickly so that we can collectively address china, which is really the big culprit right now on trade and the theft of intellectual property, nontariff barriers, and i would like to see us take them on collectively. host: we saw in the 2016 presidential campaign wisconsin was a big battleground state. are you expect that it will be the same time around for 2020? i think it will be the tip of this beer. that is probably why the democrats planned the dnc convention in milwaukee. wisconsin will be ground zero. it has democrats and republicans evenly mixed, but i think it is great we will have the convention there. i think it will show some of the democratic policies firsthand for people and make a clear decision as to the path that we should go come 2020. host: one of the key democrats, bernie sanders, was in madison recently, talking abou

she had been negotiating an exit strategy with the european union parliament for the past three years. here's a look at her statement in front of 10 downing street. ms. may: i have striven to make the united kingdom a country that works not just for a privileged few but for everyone and to honor the result of the eu referendum. back in 2016, we gave the british people a choice against all predictions, the british people voted to leave the eu. i feel a certain today as i did three years ago that in a democracy, if you give people a choice, you have a duty to government what they decide. i have done my best to do that. i negotiated the terms of our exit and a new relationship with our closest neighbors that protects jobs, our security, and our union. can todone anything i convince mps to back that deal. sadly, i have not been able to do so. i tried three times. i believe it was right to persevere even when the odds against success seemed high. it is clear to me that it is in the best interest of the country for a new prime minister to leave that -- lead that effort so i am saying i will

that is not the european union. nobody can be thrown out of nato . the treaty does not allow for it . it is an alliance based on consensus decision-making and the only way to change consensus decision-making is for consensus to agree that you can change decision-making. to if you are trying ostracize the country, let's say for the sake of argument, tokey, you need the turks agree they should be ostracize. that's very hard. so, how do you do that? you start putting pressure on them. and somebody needs to be that effort to bring countries together. and saying, the way you are behaving, and the turks, for example, right now with regards to buying 400 russian air defense systems, are not behaving in a way that is good for the alliance. for you can do that in two ways. you can send your vice president out and go publicly castigating them as mike pence did on the 70's anniversary of nato. can diplomatically engage either allies and put the pressure on the turks and try to have them change their mind. and that's how it works. it is sometimes hard work, it i

the issue is should we stay in the european union or not? prime minister cameron was made abated by a number of considerations there was a growth in the ukip voter he faced pressure within his own party and he made the judgment that this was the right way to put the issue to bed. and there were a number of people who agreed. indeed i remember myself at the time thinking, well, there is an argument for it because the matter isn't readily capable of resolution by normal methods. that is to say, parliamentary debate and elections. the reason why it couldn't be treated in the way was all of the major parties, conservative labour, liberal democrats, were in favor of continued british membership. so a general election couldn't be the vehicle for sorting out the issue of brexit. i could see an argument for a referendum. i'm not sure, you can ask david cameron, i think is very preoccupied with the challenges that his own party faced at the time and he thought this would be a way of overcoming some of those difficulties. i'll leave you to judge wheth

and the economic partnership it has with many countries in the european union. could -- the neal arms treaty? as i understand, russia has chinased the topic with the-- how have we not seen -- until the chinese part? talks with china -- step with chinese partners. on.crisis is going russia is going forward to. [indiscernible] i do not see that. russia would criticize china in not joining the treaty although russia would like to update new arms control and regime -- as far as i am concerts. our military experts also to be part of the foreman. so i guess this is the picture that we have now and russia , russiave -- well thinks that it would be better for everyone if we negotiates but ate arms control this stage there is nothing we can really do. action we canar do now basically. and the last thing about the standards in the arctic -- this is an adjusting question because china -- has grown and china would like to step up its presence and even if you look at the maps, you will see this is one of the same shipping lanes. china on the way that it needs to have coopera

go, the european union, as an example they badly , mistreated us for many years, -- they're all european union's. we need a doctor, please. a doctor please. , do we have a doctor? doctor in the house, please. thank you, doctor. thank you. take your time. some of these people in the front row have been here for two days and i do not blame them. they have been waiting in line for two days. it is tough. thank you, fellas. take your time, doctor. take your time. those are our friends right there. those are our friends. take your time. >> we love you. [cheering] [crowd chanting four more years] how are they doing? is she going to be good? going to be good? doc, everything ok? you're good? good. thank you. we stick together, folks. we stick together. take your time. take your time. >> we love you, president trump. president trump: we love you, too. [cheering] even with that powerful man's voice, i love that guy. i think i am in love. [crowd chanting we love trump] thank you. thank you very much. and, thank you. thank you. you for doing such a good job. under my administration, we are reversing

in march, the european union commission released a set of recommendations to improve the cyber security 5g networks, noting evaluations of equipment suppliers should include the risk of influence by third country, notably, in relation to its model of governance. this principle should be applied rigorously. czech republic hosted more than 100 represent us from 13 countries, including the united states, as well as the european union and nato. country, notably, in relation to we were there to build consensus on 5g security. this effort produced the principal on how to build secure and resilient 5g networks based on free and fair competition, transparency, and the rule of law. moving forward, the proposals provide partners and allies with secure 5g networks and we will continuing bilateral and multilateral efforts for the internet and all the critical services 5g will enable our secure and reliable. thank you for the opportunity to appear before the committee today. i look forward to your questions. >> the criteria you are just talking about, you are telling our allies you need to make sure

been a push from the -- from the european union to push harder. we will need to have something that pushes all states in latin america ahead that would require more political action so that there is a political mandate combined with an input -- n mandate, and private mandate for unilateral support. shery: are there any more questions from the floor? talking we have been about investments going into latin america. is there any sector that you would find interesting that the private sector in the u.s. would have an interest in, or any sectors that the u.s. can learn from? sen. cassidy: one thing that seems natural. joaquim mentioned the national gas in brazil. i am told, in argentina, they have shale plays with the same geology as the united states. i can tell you from my state and other states, once you develop these resources it has a great positive impact on the people who work there. were not doing well suddenly are doing very well. begin toy, as you create that you produce more natural gas which burns more cleanly than other fuels and you reduc

over the last several years, canada has signed a free-trade agreement with the european union with the united states and mexico. the result of these agreements now 1.5rs, there are billion customers in canada's free-trade zone. that is creating prosperity for us and our trading partners. believe trade leads to growth and jobs, you understand these trade bridges.s are simply if nobody crosses those bridges, they are stare i'll. -- sterile. we also encourage small and medium-sized enterprise within the government to take full advantage. we have evidence they are doing exactly that. rather than focusing on one negotiation, canadians look at the international trading environment and we see it is in our national interest and the interest of our partners, too. >> canada has taken it seems like a reading -- a leading role trying to foster wto reform threats the institution could be undermined reform happens. what are the chances reform can be accomplished? it seems like not a lot has happened since the g20. body is real risk the could cease to function come december. >> imagine you invite 164

our troop despite presence in some of the countries in the european union, to ever fire a shot against an enemy soldier or to have shots fired against us. in afghanistan, we are engaged in active hostilities that have claimed the lives of american service members and will continue to do so for as long as we are there. we are taking the lives of our fellow human beings in the name of this country under ever-changing rules of war, and under wars that metastasize to involve a troop presence in syria and iraq, yemen and libya, so thoses well, and are two different kinds of ways that we have used the united istes military, and my fear that without bringing an end to these wars in the middle east, without finding peaceful political, nonviolent solutions to the challenges we face, then act of be at war, an war, not a stalemate or a peacekeeping mission, for the for siebel future. questionewhat goofy is, why does someone who is bilingual and fluent in spanish riverue to say rio grande ? >> it might be the same reasons i say el paso and san antonio differently as well. ask the people of texas.

the european union, canada, mexico, to go into this fight in a true alliance, to make sure that there is strength in numbers, and that there is a far better chance that we get what we are pursuing in the first place. right now, it does not look like we are running closer to achieving our goals, and that we are ratcheting up the pressure and the tariffs, reciprocal tariffs are going to be ratcheted up against our farmers and producers as well. we need a joint alliance make sure we get to the solutions we are looking for. >> i have -- in arlington, you said that you wanted to focus on facetime over, at the time, big media interviews. you have some pretty big ones coming up next week. does that mark a shift in where you are, a new chapter for your campaign? mr. o'rourke: i don't think so. because while we do prioritize town hall meetings, direct voter engagement, conversations like the one that we are having here today in bedford, i have also done our-long interviews on cnn hour-long interviews on cnn, msnbc, i set out with a 30-minute interview with jorge ramos in both spanish and major

european union and others. there should be some kind of different level of cooperation with different partners. recently one of the examples is they have signed a pre-trade agreement with vietnam, russia's third free-trade agreement. of the negotiations are underway with singapore, cambodia, israel, iran, a number of countries. with these considerations, there has been recently a concern in russia and its foreign-policy community about the end of pacific and what the pacific means for russia in what should the response be in the pacific. there has been a speech by in hanoi aietnam, couple of days before the donald trump, kim jong-un summit. the reaction that was formulated by the foreign minister was quite pessimistic and not welcoming the end of pacific because russia feels that it is at the current stage too concentrated on balancing china, which russia would not welcome, and another thing is that it is kind of fostering competitive space rather than cooperative space and when there is an issue with the rules

we lost $180 billion with the european union. and we all love europe. we love your. they have to be careful, europe but we all love europe but it is not fair the way they treat -- treat us. i have directed federal agencies to drastically accelerate the approval process for new roads and bridges so our families can get where they want to go safely and our economy to keep running full speed ahead. i mean, highways that were taking 21 years to get an approval -- there is a highway in a state not too far away that took 20 years to get it approved . they had an opening recently, not a big road, less than a highway. by the time it ended up it was 20 years late. ofy spent tens of millions dollars on environmental impact statements. the road was a dead, straight road. dead straight. if you had a rough night you could go straight. now, it is a road that goes this way. nesting, different things nesting. who the hell knows what is twice as- the road is long and curving like hell and unless you are 100% sharp, you are in deep trouble. they have these barriers. my father and i wo

union, so-called brexit. i would say it is comparable. i would say that is a good point. i would not limit it to england. we are seeing the kinds of nationalism that mr. trump represents, us against the rest of the world, and the kind of specific nationalism that breaks down on racial and ethnic boundaries. we are seeing that around the world. it is a response, i think, to not having a communist enemy. it is a retreat from the idea that the world will progress cooperatively as opposed to completely competitively. when the president says america first, he is saying we don't cap allies. he is saying -- don't have allies. he is saying we don't have people we cooperate with. a dramatically important and devastatingly stupid point. when you think about how you are successful, think about your own life and your own community. the way things get done, the way good things happen is when people put aside their self-interest and work together to make things better for everybody. that is what we were doing traditionally

the european union elections that are coming, some thoughts i am wondering how beh authoritarianism might christian/theologically charged? i remember an anglican bishop saying america and the west will try every social. , social methods -- try every social theory and social methods. little ladies comment on that -- will the ladies comment on that? guest: not covering that you elections, but -- not covering we are. elections, but looking at the role technology plays with increasing calls for social media companies to play a more responsible role. that is something that will be looked at as the next round of elections come up. host: jerred is next. >> good morning, everybody. i'm directing us to the two reporters. when you talk about what the democrats are doing to investigate trump, everybody was going to be the leader in robert mueller's report. thing is he was supposed to testify this week. blaming thee president for him not testifying. but he knows that the republicans are going to be asking all kinds of questions about why he didn't investigate qadhafi. i think that will come out. the

in march, the european union commission released a set of recommendations to improve the cyber security 5g networks, noting evaluations of equipment suppliers should include the risk of influence by third country, notably, in relation to its model of governance. this principle should be applied rigorously. than republic hosted more 100 represent us from 13 countries, including the united states, as well as the european union and nato. we were they'll -- there to build consensus on 5g security. this effort produced the principal on how to build secure and resilient 5g networks based on free and fair competition, transparency, and the rule of law. moving forward, the proposals provide partners and allies with secure 5g networks p or we will continuing bilateral and multilateral efforts for the internet and all the critical services 5g will enable our secure and reliable. thank you for the opportunity to appear before the committee today. i look forward to your questions. >> they were telling our allies you need to make are safe and sr lack of a better way of saying it. is that correct? >>

it was signed by an whole ofing -- overwhelming 174 countries, plus the european union. this agreement represents a clear consensus to get serious and combat climate change. i urge all of my colleagues to support this bill, the threat is real, the time is of the essence. the time to act is now. thank you, madam speaker. and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts reserves. the gentlewoman from arizona is recognized. mrs. lesko: thank you, madam speaker. if we defeat the previous question, i will offer an amendment to the rule to provide additional consideration of h.r. 109, the notorious green new deal. madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to insert the text of my amendment in the record, along with extraneous material immediately prior to the vote on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mrs. lesko: it is about time that the american people know where members of congress stand on this radical proposal of the green new deal, which will change nearly every aspect of americans' lives. eve

to exit the european union. national investments and education initiatives. this is about 45 minutes. order. questions to the prime minister. mr. allen brown. our parliament. we value relations with you and your country. >> questions for the prime minister, mister allen brown. >> mister speaker, may i start by thanking of a mental health foundation for organizing this year's mental health awareness week. we are investing record levels, to make sure people receive

union, education initiatives -- this runs about 45 minutes. mr. bercow: order. questions to the prime minister. mr. allen brown. mr. speaker, may i start by thanking the net -- the mental health foundation for organizing this year's mental health awareness week? we are investing in record levels in mental health.

reaching agreements with canada, mexico, and the european union will allow us to turn, pivot, and address the egregious actions going on right now with china as it relates to trade. so maybe it puts forward a need to get agreements in place with our allies quickly so that we can collectively address china, which is really the big culprit right now on trade and the theft of intellectual property, nontariff barriers, and i would like to see us take them on collectively. host: we saw in the 2016 presidential campaign wisconsin was a big battleground state. are you expect that it will be the same time around for 2020? i think it will be the tip of this beer. that is probably why the democrats planned the dnc convention in milwaukee. wisconsin will be ground zero. it has democrats and republicans evenly mixed, but i think it is great we will have the convention there. i think it will show some of the democratic policies firsthand for people and make a clear decision as to the path that we should go come 2020. host: one of the key democrats, bernie sanders, was in madison recently, talking abou

and i don't care whether it's the european union, china, japan, they understand where the future is and these new technologies have to be fossterd at the federal level as the state and local level. let's not kid ourselves that actions in washington don't make a difference. they do. one of the purposes of government is trying to find ways to innovate and create jobs for the future and not rely on the past. and that's all we're saying. we have to send a message with h.r. 9, withdrawal from the paris agreement is not good for our country, jobs or our economy. please support this bill. let us be on the right path again. the chair: all time for general debate has expired. pursuant to the rule, the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule and shall be considered as read. no amendment to the bill shall be in order except those printed in house report 116-4 2. if such amendment may be offered in the amendment ordered in the report by a member designated in the report shall be considered read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally controlled by

we also supported the reorganization of logistics in nato and worked with the european union to work through mobility issues in europe. much work remains to be done, but we are on the right path. , and theompleted chiefs of defense approved it last week for submission to the minister of defense, the first nato military strategy in decades has been written. it clearly articulates the challenges that confront nato and provides the framework for the various plans that will be in place in the event that deterrence fails. so, i would argue that as an the -- as an alliance nato is , stronger than it was four years ago and i could walk through many other initiatives taken for more capability. do we have more work to do? we certainly do, but when i look back at the four years, one of the things that stands out to meet is the meaningful changes that happen made to enhance its capability. four years ago, i had my confirmation hearing in july of 2015. i was asked, what are the most significant challenges facing our country? i said if i had to point out someone that could pose a threat, i would