[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9254]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     FORCE CHINA TO LET US COMPETE

  (Mr. SCHAUER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. SCHAUER. Mr. Speaker, I was outraged when I found that our U.S. 
Census bought promotional materials made in China, including this 
Census 2010 baseball hat. This hat is the poorest quality I have ever 
seen, and your tax dollars paid for it.
  Recently, I read in the American Chamber of Commerce in China's 2010 
White Paper that Chinese markets remain closed to American goods, even 
when U.S. companies manufacture in China.
  What remains clear is that China has access to our government 
contracts, and we don't have access to theirs. So it's time to stop 
buying Chinese goods with our U.S. tax dollars.
  I have in my hand a quality hat made in America by Unite Here 
workers, and a lousy, Chinese-made hat in the other hand. Where do you 
want your tax dollars going? Which jobs should your tax dollars 
support?
  Support my bill, H.R. 5312, to force China to let our people and our 
businesses compete.

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