Political Quotes

“I stand today to support this Visclosky privileged resolution which expresses the sense of the House that the integrity of our anti-dumping provisions of the Trade and Tariff Act of 1930 have not been enforced. Trade laws that were enacted 60 years ago, Mr. Speaker, were designed to protect American workers. That is what this government did. It designed laws to protect American workers so they are not hurt by unfair trade practices. The U.S. steel workers and the steel industry are suffering in one of the worst ways in recent modern times because the Asia and Russia financial crisis has led those countries to illegally dump their steel on the market. It could not be any clearer. Steel that was formerly produced for domestic consumption in Asia is now being shipped to the United States where it is sold at prices below the cost of production. Steel prices have fallen 20 percent in the last 3 months alone. The Europeans have protected itself and the steel industry against dumping by erecting temporary barriers on steel imports. So Europe has stood up for its workers; that is what Europe has done, Mr. Speaker. The European steel industry will weather the storm while the American steel industry and its workers are announcing new layoffs daily. We need to push for this resolution.…”