Byron Dorgan: “let me quote from this letter. I will not read it all, but, Mr. Kearns, who heads an organization called the United…”

“let me quote from this letter. I will not read it all, but, Mr. Kearns, who heads an organization called the United States Business and Industrial Council says: I can assure you that the 1,500 members of the U.S. Business and Industrial Council are American-owned and managed companies. They typify the vast majority of American businesses that have been impacted negatively by U.S. trade policy. Since they are run day in and day out by their owners, many are not large enough to, nor are they interested in, moving the bulk of their manufacturing overseas. They are interested, however, in preserving the American manufacturing base and in creating additional wealth for themselves, their employees, and their communities here in the United States. Some have been victimized by predatory foreign trade practices such as dumping and subsidization--and by the U.S. Government's neglect of these problems. Still others find themselves under pressure to cut wages and benefits in response to the slave-labor wage rates or adversarial practices of foreign competitors. Many that are engaged in international trade have been pressured by foreign governments to source abroad or to transfer key technologies as the price of doing business in that foreign country. And then he goes on in his letter. Let me read the conclusion: USBIC's [the Business and Industrial Council] members and their counterparts don't have plush Washington offices.…”