Sherrod Brown: “I rise, quickly, to offer an amendment that will help America's manufacturers compete on even terms with foreign…”

“I rise, quickly, to offer an amendment that will help America's manufacturers compete on even terms with foreign manufacturers. American manufacturing, for generations, has been a tremendous source of pride for our country and a ladder to the middle class for our working families. American manufacturing fuels our economy and supplies our national defense infrastructure. It would be dangerous, on many levels, for our country to ignore the anticompetitive forces that are buffeting our manufacturing sector. It would be, and it is. Over the last several years, American manufacturing has faltered and millions of jobs have been lost. In my home State of Ohio, well over 200,000 manufacturing jobs have disappeared in the last half decade or so--from Steubenville to Lima and from Cleveland to Dayton. Workers and manufacturers in all our States find it increasingly difficult to compete in today's global markets, where the odds are stacked against them because of unfair trade practices. American industry can compete with anyone in the world when it is a fair fight.”