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Also determination that we acknowledged the problems that existed in the past with enforceability and it was a telling moment the share with the media. on the day of the break in august, with the working group i said to the trade rep the last meeting, i said nothing has fostered more disagreement about trade than the lack of enforceability. and the trade rep said to me you are absolutely right. and he said i want to tell you, this is i think i'm not speaking out of school, he said there have been people in the state department, the defense department, and the oval office over the years who sai...

Able to get as far as we did in this negotiation. it was based upon goodwill, but also a determination that we acknowledged the problems that have existed in the past with enforceability. this was shared with the media. on the day of the break in august, with the working group, i said to the trade rep the last meeting, i said nothing has fostered more disagreement about trade than the lack of enforceability. and the trade rep said to me, you are absolutely right. and he said i want to tell you -- and i think i'm not speaking out of school. he said there have been people in the state department...

Every once in a great while you get to participate in a it will never happen moment. [ laughter ] and we are witnessing that today. the other value of technology i will point out was after a round of intense finishing conversations and negotiations over the weekend that started on saturday morning with the speaker and myself, and the trade rep, robert lighthizer, and mr. trump, the speaker was on a hunting ex sfa decision. we spoke with him frequently. but the speaker talked to me earnestly about we're near, and on sunday when tom brady was about to take it in, all of a sudden i looked at my p...

Line with them, he weakens president zelensky. so this is a critical moment for ukraine and i'm not sure that this is the right time to be getting even softer. >> senator chris murphy, i appreciate your time this morning. thank you for being with us. we want to go over to house speaker nancy pelosi on the other side of the capital taking questions from reporters. let's listen. >> but for us, we didn't know what day it would be, but the trade representative, ambassador lighthouser, who was quite remarkable to work with, he understood why we could not accept the trump administration product. and...

Position. i think the offering that we have in front of us today is indicative of the goodwill, but some of the members on this task force and including the chairman of the sub committee, mwhat a jb they did. these were intense, argumentative, angry negotiations. this got really hot on a number of occasions. i think we set a world record for hanging up on each other, myself and the trade rep. but at the same time we also knew that this was an opportunity that we couldn't let get away from us and we did that. so we will continue to share more details. the last point is a reminder that i travell...