Bill Pascrell: “Here we go again on process. We want results. We need to look back at the record since 1995 on this legislation. The…”

“Here we go again on process. We want results. We need to look back at the record since 1995 on this legislation. The House has approved the MTB six times under suspension. Two of those votes, Mr. Speaker, two of the votes, voted on in the 104th Congress and the 107th Congress, were voiced. We didn't even have a roll call vote. So for you to come before this House and tell us that the world was turned upside down, you turned it upside down when you look at the 104th and the 107th Congress. And we know who the majority was in those Congresses. That's the record. Now, we know there is a very clear distinction between earmarks and the MTB provision which this bill enunciates. You know that an earmark provides for the authorization of a specific district or State, et cetera, et cetera. But a limited tariff benefit is defined as a provision modifying harmonized tariffs. We don't know what the word ``harmony'' means in this House. So I am in strong support of H.R. 4380. This bill will lower costs for American small businesses, allowing them to prosper and making their products more competitive both here and abroad. This is what we should all be about. This will create tens of thousands of United States jobs, increase United States production, and expand GDP by several billion dollars. In my district, two towns, Bloomfield and Paterson, will benefit from duty suspensions on certain products.”