[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 91 (Thursday, June 17, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H4601]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         PROTECT AMERICAN JOBS

  (Mr. SCHAUER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. SCHAUER. Mr. Speaker, yesterday I testified before the Ways and 
Means Committee about U.S. trade with China because I'm tired of seeing 
millions of American jobs lost to China because of blatantly unfair 
trade practices.
  China is playing us for fools regarding the Government Procurement 
Agreement, the GPA. Upon joining WTO in 2001, China said it would sign 
the GPA as soon as possible; 9 years later it still hasn't happened. 
Since that time, we've lost 2.4 million American jobs--68,000 in 
Michigan, 4,700 jobs in my district alone--due to China's unfair trade.
  It's time that we get tough. We need to show China that we're willing 
to be strong until they open their procurement markets to us. I've 
introduced H.R. 5312 as a way of addressing the issue, to limit the 
amount of U.S. Government procurement of Chinese goods to the amount of 
American goods purchased by the Chinese Government.
  How about fairness for a change? How about no more U.S. census 
materials paid for by our tax dollars made by Chinese workers? Please 
join me in protecting American jobs.

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