He's a professional economist. And we talked, we actually started by talking about areas of cooperation and in particular trade and commerce between the United States and Mexico. Every year, the United States and Mexico, we have roughly $800 billion worth of trade and commerce between our nations and about 300 billion of that is between Texas and Mexico. And so one of my big focuses, my number one priority in the Senate without fail is has been jobs. Focusing on more jobs, higher wages, greater opportunity, helping small businesses. (07:12–07:25)
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Asserts the annual trade value between the U.S. and Mexico, and specifically between Texas and Mexico.
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