Congressman Kevin Brady (R-TX), Chairman, Subcommittee on Trade of the Committee on Ways and Means, today announced that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing on the pending trade agreement with South Korea.  This hearing is the third in the series of hearings on the pending trade agreements with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea.  The hearing will take place on Thursday, April… Read more

Good afternoon.  I would like to welcome all of you, especially Panamanian Ambassador Jaramillo, to our hearing on the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement.  Today’s hearing is the second in a series of hearings we will hold on the pending trade agreements with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea.  As I’ve said before, I strongly believe that we should consider all three… Read more

Congressman Kevin Brady (R-TX), Chairman, Subcommittee on Trade of the Committee on Ways and Means, today announced that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing on the pending trade agreement with Panama.  This hearing is the second in a series of hearings on the pending trade agreements with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea.  The hearing will take place on Wednesday, March 30,… Read more

Good morning.  I would like to welcome all of you, especially Colombian Ambassador Silva, to our first Trade Subcommittee hearing of the 112th Congress.  Today’s hearing is the first in a series of three hearings we will hold on the pending trade agreements with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea.  This continues the examination the full Committee began in its hearings on January 25 and… Read more

 “As your national security advisor in that region, I will tell you that it is very important that the free trade agreement be passed from a national security perspective.  And, I hear that not just from senior people in Colombia, but from my interlocutors in the region.  They’re watching very closely to see what happens to a nation that… Read more

HEARING ON THE PENDING TRADE AGREEMENT WITH COLOMBIA HEARING BEFORE THE … Read more

Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) today issued a joint statement saying all three pending trade agreements would pass the House with bipartisan support if the White House agreed to act on all three.  The statement comes on the heels of a press conference by Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Senate Finance Committee… Read more

           Congressman Kevin Brady (R-TX), Chairman, Subcommittee on Trade of the Committee on Ways and Means, today announced that the Subcommittee will hold a series of hearings on the pending trade agreements with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea.  According to the President’s own statements, these agreements have the ability to create over 250,000 American jobs. The first hearing… Read more

Pennsylvania Senator Pat Toomey stopped by our offices Monday, and along the way he had a question: Why won't President Obama go for a quick and relatively easy bipartisan victory by moving the trade deals with Colombia, Panama and South Korea through Congress? We'll get to our answer in a moment, but Mr. Toomey isn't the only one asking. Late last week an extraordinary collection of 19… Read more

Washington, DC – Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) today responded to United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk’s letter to him indicating the President intends to move the pending free trade agreement with South Korea, without any mention of our pending agreements with Colombia and Panama.  In Chairman Camp’s response to Ambassador Kirk, he reiterated his request that the… Read more