Rep. Jason Smith

I don't want to set any limits, pros and cons and negotiate an agreement in the press.

But what we need to do is have Republicans and Democrats come together and figure out what is best to creating more access to health care for all Americans, not just people on exchanges, but everyone.

All Americans.

There's 174 million Americans that are in employee health insurance.

But that employee health insurance is quite expensive.

So we need to look at all different ways to help lower the cost of health care.

Let me tell you, what the Chinese have done to U.S.

soybean farmers alone has been atrocious.

Typically, in the average year, China purchases somewhere between $12 to $15 billion worth of soybeans a year from the United States.

They have not purchased $1 a year.

this year and so that better be on the table that has to be something that's being discussed because that is drastically affecting the commodity prices here in the united states i represent southeast missouri we have more soybean farmers in southeast missouri than the entire state of missouri and these folks are facing some dire dire situations i am glad that the president

has said that he's going to take care of the farmers.

It's extremely important that he does that, but we need to make sure that China opens up their markets if they want us to purchase their products.

Well, what the Chinese have done is clearly punitive.

It was for a punitive measure, much like how they've been restricting critical minerals and rare earths to try to be punitive to the world.

That is unstable.

That's why there's so many concerns about trading with with the Chinese.

Hopefully they'll be able to get to a common common ground in their meeting.