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“Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. LaHood). Mr. LaHOOD. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding the time. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in opposition to the so-called America COMPETES Act. Instead of following the productive bipartisan efforts initiated in the Senate, House Democrats have chosen the go-it-alone approach that fails to meet the urgent needs to strengthen U.S. competitiveness and protect our national security as it relates to China. On the Committee on Ways and Means, I have worked across the aisle on China policy with my Democrat colleagues, including trade priorities to bring manufacturing back to the United States, to hold China to their trade commitments, and to prioritize digital trade agreements with like-minded allies to combat China's abusive digital standards. Yet here we are today. Democrats are pushing partisan legislation stocked with more D.C. control over our economy that fails to address the critical trade initiatives to put American workers and businesses first and to counter the market distorting and dangerous economic practices of China. As a member of the Intelligence Committee and the China Task Force, and the co-chair of the bipartisan U.S.-China Working Group, I understand the unique and urgent action required to strengthen American competitiveness and combat growing challenges from China.…”