On the recordSeptember 29, 2010
Let me congratulate the chairman and the ranking member of Ways and Means for coming together to have this civil type of discourse, having our staffs work together, agreeing on some things, disagreeing on others, but showing that bipartisanship, while it might be in intensive care, at least on the Ways and Means Committee it is not dead. Mr. Speaker, we do recognize that there is a split among business people as to whether or not we should go forward with this bill that would point out to China, as so many developing countries would like to, but they certainly don't have our leverage, that it is time that they be fair in terms of international trade. Those people who buy from China and enjoy the lower prices, I can understand why they would not support the equity that we are seeking in international affairs, as well as in the WTO. But for those Americans who take a deep-seated pride when they see 'made in the USA,' when we know we can make it in the USA with jobs, then we don't get excited about the number of jobs that occur in China, but believe that it is patriotic, and if it hasn't reached that level, then certainly it is in the best interests of the United States of America, to say that we supported you, we supported you in getting into the World Trade Organization, with that comes some obligation. And if the President cannot succeed in persuading them, as he said, there are other means which we can use as a nation to encourage them to do the right thing.
