Earl Blumenauer: “I am listening to my dear friend from Montana and the University of Oregon, and I couldn't disagree more. We have the…”

The second phase is really where the rubber is going to hit the road, though, because it is going to be dealing with those subsidies that are contributing to overcapacity and overfishing very directly.

I urge you to reconsider your support for this legislation and address your concerns without compromising robust enforcement.

Either we continue to pursue things on a bilateral basis or take unilateral action when it comes to trade policies, or we invest in a system with other like-minded allies to address things like China's unfair trade practices.

We ought to put real resources into renegotiating and rebuilding the MFN multilateral framework, like-minded trading partners that address modern American economic challenges.