Rep. Kelly Commends Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities Act
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Representative Mike Kelly (R-PA), a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following statement today in strong support of the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities Act of 2014. The legislation -- introduced yesterday by Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT), and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-UT) -- reauthorizes Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), which is a critical piece of United States trade policy that significantly strengthens Congress' role in expanding trade through global agreements, helping to boost U.S. exports and create American jobs. A summary of the legislation can be found here.
"I am very proud to join colleagues on both sides of the aisle in strongly supporting the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities Act. By renewing TPA, we will allow important ongoing trade negotiations with more than one hundred countries and economies to conclude and ultimately enable America to further dominate the global stage with our goods and services.
"The economic benefits of global trade are well known and widespread. When access to the world's consumers is opened and expanded, American businesses thrive and new jobs grow. TPA gives Congress a meaningful role in all trade negotiations, which will allow us to make sure that all agreements are fair and beneficial to our nation's workers and their communities. With TPA, Congress can exercise its power to set clear priorities and boundaries for the president, to ensure transparency from the administration throughout the negotiating process, and to make sure that Congress has the final say on any trade deal.
"As a nation blessed with the best workers and most abundant resources in the world, we ought to be seizing every opportunity to take advantage of the global marketplace in order to give ourselves the economic resurgence we've been waiting for. TPA is indispensable for letting us reach our potential, and I look forward to helping Chairman Camp and the Ways and the Means Committee enact this critical legislation."
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