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Jim Costa: The bottom line is, we don't want to see any retaliatory efforts made by Canada and Mexico, and I don't think they want…

On the recordJune 10, 2015
The bottom line is, we don't want to see any retaliatory efforts made by Canada and Mexico, and I don't think they want to impose them. This bill is our only option right now to satisfy the WTO compliance. In addition, as has been noted, the Secretary of Agriculture has stated a legislative fix is required to resolve this problem. So I urge my colleagues to vote for this measure, and let's take action. And the Senate will need to then act, and then we have a chance to come together and fix this legislation.
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Jim Costa
Democratic · California
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Jun 10, 2015

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