Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I thank the ranking member and the chair for including my amendment in the en bloc. Antidumping and countervailing duty laws exist to protect American workers and producers from economic injury caused by illegally traded foreign imports. Unfortunately, a tidal wave of illegally traded foreign imports is reaching our shores. Many of these products are produced by companies in nonmarket economies like China. As of today, the International Trade Administration has initiated more than 91 new antidumping and countervailing duty petitions. This is a record number, an increase of nearly 57 percent from the previous year. Unfortunately, resources at ITA have not kept pace with increasing caseloads and orders. Today, there are only eight AD/CVD offices when we need nine. While I appreciate the work of the chairman and ranking member to increase trade remedies for resources, more must be done. American workers should not face delayed relief when other nations are cheating. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Levin of Michigan). The time of the gentleman has expired.”