Political Quotes

“I thank Chairman Brady for yielding and for his leadership and, also, Ranking Member Levin for his leadership. This is truly a bipartisan effort working its way through Congress today. It is finally a pleasure to see this come to fruition. We talk about MTBs. We throw a lot of acronyms around here in Congress, and sometimes it is hard to keep track of what all those acronyms mean. But the definition of miscellaneous tariff, really, simply put, is a tax. It is a tax on businesses here in America taxed on imports from other countries on products used in building other products here in the United States. Those products that are imported, that our companies are being taxed on, are not made here in the United States. So it is an additional cost on our manufacturers, who then have to raise their prices and that, of course, is passed on to our consumers and they pay a higher cost for those goods. Even sometimes, Mr. Speaker, these miscellaneous tariffs can result in jobs being moved overseas. So the process is simple. Step one is businesses present their requests to an independent board, nonpartisan, called the ITC, International Trade Commission. Step two is that it is an open and transparent process. They asked for input from all across the country, from the public, from businesses, from Congress, from the administration, an open, transparent process. Step three is Congress takes action. And step four is America wins. They become more competitive.…”