Elizabeth Furse: “just prior to the April recess, my colleague from Ohio, Ms. Kaptur, took to the House floor and criticized the…”

“just prior to the April recess, my colleague from Ohio, Ms. Kaptur, took to the House floor and criticized the operations of Nike, an important Oregon-based company headquartered in my district. I fundamentally disagree with her assessment of Nike and rise today to set the Congressional Record straight. Simply stated, the company that my colleague from Ohio portrayed in her statement is not the company that I have been working with for the last 3 rac{1}{2} years and which has been headquartered in my district for the last quarter century. In my view, Nike is a world-class American company, providing good American jobs, and has been and continues to be a good corporate citizen in Oregon. I find it most unfortunate that the Congresswoman, nor her staff, nor anyone from the jobs and fair trade caucus, took the time to check with Nike, to understand their side of the story before the statement was given, neither did they check with me. So in the name of fairness, let's look at the allegations and then the facts, one by one, to get to the bottom of what this company is really about.”