Peter Visclosky: “This is a jobs issue, and there should be no doubt in anyone's mind that that is what we are talking about today. In…”

“This is a jobs issue, and there should be no doubt in anyone's mind that that is what we are talking about today. In 1990, in the State of Indiana, 226,000 more people worked in manufacturing than in government. This year, 7,000 more people work in manufacturing than government, because 165,000 manufacturing employees lost their jobs. That is 165,000 families in the State of Indiana alone that lost good-paying manufacturing jobs. One of the causes is the currency manipulation by the Chinese Government. We were told by the last administration if we just dialogue with the Chinese, we would solve this problem. We are told by the current administration, if we just dialogue with the Chinese, we will solve this problem. The solution is on the floor today. I would ask my colleagues to strongly support passage of H.R. 2378, and give this administration the intestinal fortitude to stop dialoguing with the Chinese and to take serious action on jobs. I strongly support H.R. 2378, the Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act.”