Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, let me just reiterate a couple of points here. There is a process that we have adopted that must be followed when we believe dumping is taking place. The process requires the industry or the Department of Commerce to initiate an antidumping case. The International Trade Commission then makes an initial determination of injury. The full investigation is then done by the Department of Commerce. It goes back to the International Trade Commission for ratification and for the imposition of an antidumping tariff. That is the process. That is the law. As the gentleman from Colorado so aptly put it, we ought not to be engaging in ad hoc changes to our entire law as it relates to procurement, dumping, and international agreements. We should not be jeopardizing our supercomputer industry. Any foreign country would have a perfect case against us when we violate the law and violate our international agreements in this fashion to block the sale of supercomputers overseas. If people believe that we should have a process of protecting ourselves, then they should adopt that process and follow it. If the process is not right, change the process.”