Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro), the distinguished chairwoman of the Committee on Appropriations. Ms. DeLAURO. Madam Speaker, the America COMPETES Act is a historic package. It makes strategic investments to strengthen supply chains, protect our national security, and bolster our economic competitiveness. It gives us the tools to fight for jobs here at home, protect our critical supply chains, while addressing key trade challenges that we face. It recognizes the need to bring back American manufacturing and fights for good-paying jobs that cannot be outsourced. It appropriates billions for critically needed semiconductors and billions to address broken supply chains; doubling down on our commitment for American-made innovation to prevent future shortages and disruptions. We need to be a nation once again that builds and not a nation that just consumes. We need to create our own supply chains and not be dependent on others. It protects American workers from foreign countries with unfair practices by including a robust renewal of the Trade Adjustment Assistance program that supports American workers who have lost their jobs because of trade practices by other countries. {time} 1315 Madam Speaker, it puts an end to China's export of goods to us valued below $800 to avoid paying import duties and often to avoid screening to determine whether those goods are made with forced labor.…”