Gary Hart: “I thank the chairman of the Steel Caucus, the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. English), for his great leadership on…”

“I thank the chairman of the Steel Caucus, the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. English), for his great leadership on this issue and for actually having this administration be so well educated to actually file the 201 investigation and really to have gotten us to the point where we are today. It is an honor for me to speak here on behalf of those in my district and throughout this Nation who have made the steel industry what it was and what it should be today, very strong and a very highly mechanized, very technical and very much improved industry over the last many years. Unfortunately, we have not been reaping the benefits that that industry has earned over the last several years. As I know has been discussed by several other Members earlier this evening, we have not reaped the benefits because of foreign nations subsidizing their steel and dumping it at below market costs here in this country. I had the opportunity to speak with the President, as I know many of my colleagues have, about this issue. We were instrumental in making the decision to file that 201 investigation.”