Senator Klobuchar and Senator Blunt have introduced legislation in the Senate to reauthorize it.
This is the first hearing of the Subcommittee on Tourism, Competitiveness, and Innovation.
I am pleased to offer testimony on behalf of the Corporation For Travel Promotion, which does business as Brand USA.
I think there needs to be more transparency and accountability.
Tourism and hospitality know no ideology. This is an area where we can work together across party lines.
Now Senator Blunt and I are leading the effort in the Senate to get Brand USA reauthorized so it can expand to even more markets.
There is strong bipartisan support for this issue, because it knows no ideology.
I appreciate his willingness and his leadership in working on these issues in a bipartisan manner.
It may be a real challenge for us to be as helpful as we really need to be and want to be in the Congress.
I look forward to partnering with Ranking Member Scott.
Thank you for your leadership on this issue for many, many years, on a bipartisan basis.