Max Baucus: “there are many statements the Senator made with which I take issue because they are inaccurate. One of the most…”

“there are many statements the Senator made with which I take issue because they are inaccurate. One of the most inaccurate is the last statement the Senator made, that there is nothing in the bill to make sure foreign investors are not accorded greater rights than domestic investors. This is the Kerry language which we provided for in the underlying bill--not the Kerry amendment now being offered, but Kerry language he suggested earlier. Let me read it: Insert the following: foreign investors in the United States are not accorded greater rights than United States investors in the United States. That is what is in the bill. So his statement to the contrary, that there is nothing in the bill that assures foreign investors do not have greater rights than domestic investors, is inaccurate. We already include it in the underlying bill.”