Glenn English: “I rise to salute the chairman and members of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade and to rise in strong support of…”

“I rise to salute the chairman and members of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade and to rise in strong support of H.R. 4868, the Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act. This is good legislation which represents an important piece of housekeeping in our national trade policy. It is legislation which includes numerous noncontroversial trade provisions. This legislation provides for temporary duty suspensions on a variety of products, including environmentally friendly herbicides and fungicides. Frequently, Mr. Speaker, Congress needs to make technical changes to our trade laws to suspend or reduce tariffs on certain products or chemicals which are not produced domestically. This process is done through the voluntary submission of requests to the Subcommittee on Trade by the administration, by Members of Congress, and by the public, which is then vetted through a public comment period. The subcommittee has done excellent due diligence in producing this product. Should any opposition arise regarding a specific trade provision, they set it aside; and they have presented here a consensus piece of work. In some cases, American companies and farmers clearly need products or chemicals which are not produced in the United States. Under those circumstances, it does not make sense for us to apply tariffs in those situations.”