United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act

Floor Speech

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Mr. COSTA. Madam Speaker, I rise to recognize all the hard work it took to reach this agreement for the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement: Chairman Neal, Chairman Brady, Chairman Blumenauer, the good work of Ambassador Lighthizer, the working groups the Speaker put together, and the Speaker's desire to see this get across the finish line.

It is important to update NAFTA for the sake of the American workers and our agricultural economy.

This agreement will improve opportunities for good-paying jobs in America by updating labor protections and standards in Mexico that can be enforced.

The agreement goes a long way to improve environmental standards and clean up cross-border pollution between California and Mexico and other border

With nearly half of California's agricultural products destined for foreign markets, the certainty this deal brings to relations between our two largest trading partners, Canada and Mexico, cannot be overstated.

I was glad to be a part of this bipartisan effort to bring people together for today's vote.

I congratulate the President. The fact of the matter is, this is good for America, good for working people, and good for agriculture.

Madam Speaker, I look forward to supporting USMCA, and I urge my colleagues to do the same.

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