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“I rise to support H.R. 2195. As Americans, we must stand up in opposition to slave-made goods. As a member of the Human Rights Caucus, I want to commend the gentleman from New Jersey [Mr. Smith], chairman of the subcommittee, and the House Committee on International Relations for introducing this forward-thinking legislation which calls for the U.S. Commissioner of Customs to report, after a period of inspection, the extent of the use of forced labor in China and manufactured products destined to the United States market, the volume of products made with forced labor destined to the United States market, the progress of the United States Customs Service in identifying and interdicting products made with forced labor. Mr. Speaker, this is a bipartisan bill. It is a matter of fairness, it is a matter of human rights, and we here in the Congress and the House of Representatives tonight have an opportunity to vote for a bill that is going to make a positive change in China. After we receive the report from the Commissioner, the action can be taken to make sure that the appropriate changes will be made in China. And I thank the gentleman from New Jersey [Mr. Smith] for introducing this legislation and would like to add my name as a cosponsor to the bill.”