Ron Kirk: “I want to make it plain. We are not trying to impose our U.S. labor code on other countries.”

The credibility we gained by the strong vote in this Congress on the three FTAs sort of answered the questions from some of our negotiating partners.

I respectfully ask this committee to move forward quickly with legislation to terminate Jackson-Vanik and empower the President to extend PNTR to Russia.

I think the President has said--is correct; the best way to address this is part of comprehensive immigration reform.

By repealing Jackson-Vanik, we make sure--and you represent a part of the country in which innovation is just embedded in our lifeblood.