[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 110 (Thursday, June 26, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3551-S3552]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 PROMOTING RESILIENT SUPPLY CHAINS ACT

  Ms. CANTWELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to enter into a 
colloquy with the Senator of Oregon regarding S. 257, the Promoting 
Resilient Supply Chains Act, a bill to improve the resilience of 
critical supply chains, and for other purposes.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Ms. CANTWELL. Mr. President, I introduced the Promoting Resilient 
Supply Chains Act, S. 257, with Senators Blackburn and Blunt Rochester 
to mitigate or prevent disruptions of critical supply chains that could 
have a devastating impact on the U.S. economy. The bill charges the 
Department of Commerce's Assistant Secretary for Industry and Analysis 
with promoting the stability and resilience of critical supply chains. 
It creates a new government-wide Supply Chain Resilience Working Group, 
led by the Assistant Secretary, to prepare for and respond to supply 
chain shocks by mapping, monitoring, and modeling U.S. supply chains 
for critical industries and emerging technologies in consultation with 
the private sector. The group will identify any gaps or vulnerabilities 
for critical goods, including any gaps in manufacturing, warehousing, 
transportation, and distribution and providing strategies to mitigate 
supply chain shocks. The bill calls for consultation with allies and 
key international partner nations to identify potential critical goods 
or manufacturing capacity in their countries that might be needed to 
avert supply chain disruptions. Finally, the bill requires ongoing 
reporting to inform Congress and the public, including a national 
strategy and review on critical supply chain resiliency and U.S. 
manufacturing.
  Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, international trade is critical to the 
resilience and functioning of global supply chains, with goods and 
services--including industrial inputs and manufacturing equipment being 
imported and exported along the way. The trade policies and trade 
actions of the U.S. Government impact the structure, operation, 
efficiency, and security of U.S. supply chains, and the Office of the 
U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) plays a key role in developing and 
coordinating the implementation of those trade policies and actions. 
USTR can provide valuable input to the Supply Chain Resilience Working 
Group, and the committees with jurisdiction over trade--the Senate 
Committee on Finance and House Committee on Ways and Means--can 
likewise provide valuable oversight. I look forward to working with my 
colleagues who sponsor this bill to bring those trade interests into 
the fold. In addition, I look forward to working to clarify the 
definition of ``ally or key international partner nation'' to ensure 
that this bill will focus on supporting more secure and resilient 
supply chains in the United States and reliable partner nations, while 
limiting our critical supply chains' exposure to foreign countries that 
may not be aligned with the economic or security interests of the 
United States. I thank my colleague Senator Cantwell for her work on 
this bill and her willingness to work with me on these issues.
  Ms. CANTWELL. Thank you, Senator Wyden, I agree with you and will 
work with you and our House colleagues to incorporate these changes 
into the bill as the legislative process moves forward.

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