Steny Hoyer: “As the leader knows, this bill comes about by a WTO ruling which places in jeopardy the United States, and we believe…”

“As the leader knows, this bill comes about by a WTO ruling which places in jeopardy the United States, and we believe that we have a solution which advantages U.S. manufacturers, and we are very hopeful this does move ahead so our country does not confront at the end of this year, as the European Union has suggested it might, take action if we have not corrected the deficiency which the WTO has found. I hope that we could move that bill before we leave here. The leader mentioned several conference reports which will come up next week. Which are the most likely? Energy was mentioned. Energy was a possibility for this week. How confident is leadership that energy will come next week? This is a complicated bill, a very important bill; and I would ask you to comment, and I would ask you to facilitate the availability of this bill as soon as possible, and more than 24 hours before because it is a complicated bill. We need time to review it; and as the leader knows, we have not been included, from our perspective, in the conference proceedings so we do not know what is in this bill at this point in time. First, how confident is the gentleman that the conference report will come next week; and, second, can we be assured that we will receive a copy of the report and the accompanying bill hopefully by Friday afternoon?”