[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 24 (Tuesday, March 7, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S1232]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS

  The following petitions and memorials were laid before the Senate and 
were referred or ordered to lie on the table as indicated:

       POM-428. A resolution adopted by the Senate of the 
     Legislature of the State of West Virginia designating 
     February 21 as ``Stand Up for Steel'' day; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.

                        Senate Resolution No. 17

       Whereas, The nation's steel industry has been engaged in a 
     crisis involving illegal dumping and subsidizing of foreign 
     steel which has cost the jobs of thousands of steelworkers in 
     the United States; and
       Whereas, America has prided itself on its ability to fairly 
     participate in the global marketplace. However, the illegal 
     dumping of foreign steel at reduced prices has caused 
     financial chaos within the American steel industry; and
       Whereas, Although progress has been made through the 
     efforts of America's steelworkers and legislatures across the 
     nation, the matter of illegal dumping of foreign steel 
     remains a major matter of contention in our steel industry; 
     and
       Whereas, All West Virginians are urged to rise to the cause 
     for the industry that has built this great nation; and
       Whereas, The vigilance of our federal legislators and the 
     President of the United States to enforce our U.S. trade laws 
     and halt the illegal dumping and subsidizing of steel in our 
     nation is requested; therefore, be it
       Resolved by the Senate, That the Senate hereby designates 
     February 21 as ``Stand Up for Steel'' day at the Senate and 
     calls upon all West Virginians to maintain a vigilance to 
     ensure that the trade laws of our nation are enforced and the 
     illegal dumping of foreign steel in our country is 
     eliminated; and, be it further
       Resolved, That our nation's leaders are called upon to be 
     vigilant of our U.S. trade laws and to ensure that they are 
     enforced so that such practices as the illegal dumping of 
     foreign steel in our nation is eliminated; and, be it further
       Resolved, That the Clerk is hereby directed to forward a 
     copy of this resolution to the President of the United 
     States, the United States Senate and the United States House 
     of Representatives.

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