5 Democratic Senators Tell Schumer, Pelosi They Support House Trade Title
Five senators, led by Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., told House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., they strongly support the House version of the trade title, the America Competes Act, over the Senate version, the…
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U.S. Innovation and Competition Act, that all five voted yes on. "Investments in domestic production ... must be paired with pro-worker, pro-environment trade provisions to give American businesses and workers a fighting chance to compete against non-market economies, such as China, that are rigging the rules in their favor and denying our companies and our workers the only thing they need -- a fair shot," the Feb. 16 letter said. Also signing were fellow Democratic Sens. Sherrod Brown, Ohio; Elizabeth Warren, Massachusetts; Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island; and Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut. "The COMPETES Act trade title is directly focused on tackling competitiveness issues related to trade with China, including funding for adjustment assistance for workers, environmental safeguards against chronic pollution from foreign production and bipartisan proposals addressing trade enforcement and security issues."