Political Quotes

“I rise to support H.R. 1047, the Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act, which is a compendium of trade provisions drawn largely from legislation introduced by individual Members. This bill has more than 350 such provisions and enjoys broad bipartisan support. The bill contains provisions involving the temporary suspension of duties on narrowly defined products, miscellaneous trade-related items, and technical corrections to the Trade and Development Act of 2000. The House passed substantially the same bill, but unfortunately no other action was taken. In essence, we have taken last year's bill, made technical changes, and added or dropped a few of the duty suspension provisions, all of which are known by the sponsoring Members and their staffs. The most significant change has been removing the provision related to 'Turkey Qualified Industrial Zones.' I recall this provision received favorable comments from both sides of the aisle when the bill came to the floor last year. There is still strong support from Members for the provision. We are dropping the provision for the time being, but can consider it or a variant of the provision at some future time if appropriate. There are several miscellaneous trade provisions in this bill that are noteworthy.”