[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 166 (Wednesday, December 15, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H8358]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            AIR FORCE TANKER

  (Mr. INSLEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. INSLEE. Madam Speaker, I rise to alert my colleagues to a very 
important job creation issue that resides potentially in the defense 
authorization bill that may come to the floor.
  We have the opportunity to do something right for the American worker 
and the American taxpayer by insisting that in the competition for the 
new Air Force tanker that we take into consideration the illegal 
subsidies that have benefited so extraordinarily the Airbus competitor 
for the tanker contract. It is absolutely imperative that at this 
moment when we are struggling to create jobs in this country that we 
take into consideration in this competition the fact that our 
competitors in Europe have received over $5 billion of illegal 
subsidies, and we have to insist the Pentagon take that into 
consideration.
  For those that share my view, I hope you will join me in a letter to 
make sure that an amendment we passed will become part of the defense 
authorization bill. It is the only way to make sure that we keep these 
jobs in America and build a U.S. Air Force tanker.

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