Mike Crapo

We owe them a debt of gratitude. Thank you to the dedicated nursing home workers like Adelina Ramos, one of our witnesses.

Thank you very much.

I think there is bipartisan agreement that we should not see those expire.

But you made a very strong case, I think, that using a relatively high corporate tax rate to offset them would not be good policy.

We have assured that in the way we have approached it.

This is an area of bipartisan interest, and I welcome the opportunity to work with Chairman Wyden on this.

The statutory corporate income tax rate is critical to the U.S.'s competitiveness in the global markets.

I look forward to working with you on those through regular order.

We have not had a stable incentive for manufacturing semiconductors in the U.S. for a very long time.

Thank you, Chairman Wyden. And thank you to all of our witnesses for being here with us today.

The manufacturing sector is critical to the U.S. economy.

Americans deserve to sell their products and need access to that huge foreign marketplace.

Ms. Tai, you must make the President understand that trade is a domestic priority for hundreds of millions of Americans.

Free trade does not just strengthen the powerful; it empowers all Americans, including those running and working in smaller businesses.

I look forward to hearing more from you, Ms. Tai, regarding how you would use your experience to engage the numerous challenges facing the United States, if confirmed as USTR.

I will be brief. I again want to also thank you, Ms. Tai, for your willingness to serve.

Mexico appears to be discriminating against U.S. businesses to favor its state-owned oil and gas giant Pemex.

We need to preserve our leadership in this field.

I am very concerned about getting a much stronger focus on IP protection in our U.S. trade negotiations and activities.

Mexico is maintaining or enacting new restrictions on the U.S. that lack any scientific justification.

The importance of fair trade, and the price of it being denied, is also well understood by the people of Idaho.

Put plainly, the United States does not just lose potential opportunities when its leaders fail to engage appropriately on trade.

This is why the U.S. needs an effective USTR to tear down trade barriers and confront abusive trade practices.

We cannot let the 750,000 jobs in the lumber industry or the 420 million acres of family-owned timberlands be threatened by unfair subsidies.

Free trade does not just strengthen the powerful, it empowers all Americans, including those running and working in smaller businesses.