[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 14 (Thursday, February 10, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H526]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         SOUND ECONOMIC POLICY

  (Mr. KNOLLENBERG asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KNOLLENBERG. Mr. Speaker, sound economic policy cannot be made in 
a vacuum. Today I am introducing a resolution to help take steel policy 
out of that vacuum.
  My resolution calls on the Commerce Department and the International 
Trade Commission, the ITC, to simply consider domestic steel consumers 
when they decide whether to continue duties on imported steel.
  Although Commerce and the ITC have the authority to consider steel 
consumers in sunset reviews, they traditionally have not done so, and 
frankly, that is simply wrong.
  Steel consumers are hurting, and unnecessary distortion in the steel 
market is the reason why.
  As decisions are made about the import duties on steel products, does 
it not make sense to consider the impact on steel consumers?
  Some steel duties are still necessary, but some are not. The deck 
should not be stacked in favor of keeping unnecessary duties.
  Let us look at the full impact. It is a matter of fundamental 
fairness.

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