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| https://maxrose.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2431 | Following Renegotiation that Strengthened Worker Protections & Removed Drug Company Carveout, Rose to Support Updated USMCA | 2019-12-19 | 2019 | 2019-12 | Democrat | House | NY | Max Rose | R000613 | maxrose.house.gov | legacy | Congressman Max Rose, who previously called for the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) to be renegotiated to strengthen worker protections and eliminate carveouts that benefited big drug companies, issued the following statement today announcing his support for the updated deal which will be voted on by the House of Representatives today: While others rushed to support the original USMCA that protected drug companies and screwed over American workers, I refused to stand by and let another trade deal pass in Congress that repeated the mistakes of the past, Rose said. The finalUSMCA is proof that if we stick to our principles and negotiate in good faith, we can get to a place where we all win. This deal is by no means perfect but I do believe this is a huge improvement to the status quo and is a strong, bipartisan compromise that will help workers, patients, consumers and our economy. Earlier this year, Rose joined a group of 27 Freshmen Democratic Members of Congress in raising concerns on the original USMCA agreement. Unless the current text's labor and environmental standards are strengthened, and swift and certain enforcement mechanisms are added, corporations will continue to outsource jobs and pollution to Mexico where they can violate international labor rights and pay workers unconscionably low wages, wrote Rose and his colleagues in a letter to United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer. Disincentivizing that practice is good for North American workers. Unless the new monopoly rights added to [USMCA] for pharmaceutical firms are eliminated, they will lock in policies that keep U.S. drug prices outrageously high. Rose, a former non-profit healthcare executive, has taken on big drug companies in his effort to lower prescription drug costs and hold them accountable for their role in the opioid epidemic. Last week, Rose voted to pass historic legislation to lower the costs of prescription drugs. H.R. 3, theLower Drug Costs Now Act, would lower prescription drug prices through direct negotiation, and includes Rose'sMore Help for Seniors Act, which uses savings from negotiations to lower Medicare Part D costs for low-income seniors. Rose is a strong defender of labor rights and advocate for working people. Earlier this year, Rose joined Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 1102 members to highlight efforts to fight against offshoring of good-paying American jobs and stand up for workers' rights protections. Rose is supporting the bipartisanCall Center and Consumer Protection Act, which would deter companies from shipping American jobs overseas and incentivize them to locate in the United States. Rose is also supporting theNo Tax Breaks for Outsourcing Act, which would level the playing field for domestic companies by ensuring that multinationals pay the same tax rate on profits earned abroad as they do in the United States, ending new tax incentives created by the Republican-passed tax law to outsource jobs and shift profits offshore. Additionally, Rose is a co-sponsor of theProtecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, which requires employers to post notice of workers' rights, protects workers who are retaliated against for exercising their labor right to organize, authorizes civil monetary penalties for violations of theNational Labor Relations Act, expands coverage of employee classification to prevent the misclassification of workers as independent contractors, and strengthens workers' right to strike and engage in collective action. ### | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |