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Richard Neal: “195 Democrats voted for [the USMCA] and 194 Republicans…”

Featuring: Richard Neal, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 1st Congressional District

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2025 Government Affairs Forum: Congressman Richard Neal

Published | Video Starts at 21:00

Let me say the Republican, Bob Lighthizer, he did a terrific job at the time. And I call attention to that because we'll give you a Couple of Statistics. 195 Democrats voted for [the USMCA] and 194 Republicans voted for [the USMCA]. that trade agreement. U.S. chamber of Commerce, you if endorsed the trade agreement. The AFL, CIO and the Teamsters endorsed the trade agreement. That's bipartisanship. And now we're trying to talk about undoing usmca. (21:00–21:03)

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Asserts bipartisan support for the USMCA trade agreement.

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