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Capito, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Strengthen Trade Remedy Laws, Protect American Workers

Source: United States Senator for West Virginia Shelley Moore Capito

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) joined a group of bipartisan colleagues to introduce the Leveling the Playing Field 2.0 Act. This bipartisan legislation – led by U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) – would strengthen U.S. trade remedy laws and ensure they remain effective tools to fight back against unfair trade practices and protect American workers.

The legislation updates the previous Leveling the Playing Field Act, which was signed into law in 2015, and addressed persistent and evolving threats from unfair competition. The new bill would establish the new concept of “successive investigations” to improve the effectiveness of the U.S. trade remedy system in responding to repeat offenders and serial cheaters, helping to level the playing field for American workers. Additionally, the bill responds to China’s Belt and Road Initiative that provides Chinese government subsidies for products made in other countries.

“I’m proud to join my colleagues to introduce bipartisan legislation that stands up for American manufacturers and workers, and fights back against unfair trade practices in China,” Senator Capito said. “Congress must make the effectiveness of our trade economy a high priority, and work to support our employers and employees as they keep our country running.”

BACKGROUND:

The Leveling the Playing Field 2.0 Act would update U.S. trade remedy law to establish the new concept of “successive investigations,” to improve the effectiveness of the U.S. trade remedy system in curbing circumvention efforts from bad actors designed to undercut our domestic industries and increase market share.

American companies are on the receiving end of China’s increasing predatory economic behavior. In recent years, China’s unfair trade practices have culminated into economic consequences that affect American workers. For example, Chinese-supported companies move portions of production to other countries to circumvent American duties, a practice known as “country hopping,” and China’s Belt and Road Initiative unfairly subsidizes products made in other countries, rather than just in China. American companies also have to contend with long lead times before the U.S. Department of Commerce initiates a new anti-circumvention inquiry.

Around half of unfair trade cases are in the steel industry. However, these unfair trade cases also affect industries that make engines, furniture, hardwood plywood, welded pipe, solar panels, pipes and tubes, wood moldings, truck trailer chassis, magnesium, paper, industrial materials, carrier bags, magnesia bricks, kitchen cabinets, quartz countertops, tires, and many others.

The Leveling the Playing Field 2.0 Act pushes back against China’s anti-free market practices by providing the U.S. Department of Commerce with more tools to stop circumvention tactics by:

  • Creating a new type of AD/CVD investigation, called a successive investigation, which improves the effectiveness of the trade remedy law to combat repeat offenders by making it easier for petitioners to bring new cases when production moves to another country.
  • Providing expedited timelines for successive investigations and new factors for the International Trade Commission to consider about the relationship between recently completed trade cases and successive trade cases for the same imported product.
  • Providing Commerce the authority to apply CVD law to subsidies provided by a government to a company operating in a different country.
  • Imposing statutory requirements for anti-circumvention inquiries to clarify the process and timeline.
  • Specifying deadlines for preliminary and final determinations.

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Capito Announces $500,000 in CDS Funding for Workforce Development in West Virginia

Source: United States Senator for West Virginia Shelley Moore Capito

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, today announced $500,000 in funding from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) for the City of Charleston, W.Va. to establish a workforce development program the Charleston West Side Hope Center for Career Training. This funding, which was secured through a Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) request made by Senator Capito, will be used to create a career and workforce training, development, and job placement center in the West Side of Charleston, W.Va. to help move struggling citizens into family-sustaining jobs.

In total, Senator Capito secured $241,135,000 in direct spending measures for initiatives and projects across West Virginia through the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 appropriations omnibus package.

“I’m pleased to have secured this funding for the City of Charleston to work with the Charleston West Side Hope Center for Career Training. This new workforce training programs will ultimately provide the services necessary to help West Virginians support themselves and their families through reliable employment opportunities,” Ranking Member Capito said. “By training workers in fields where they can be successful, we can help create more opportunities for West Virginians to pursue the American Dream. As the Ranking Member of the Labor-H Appropriations Subcommittee, I will continue working to secure funding that helps put West Virginians on a successful path for the future.”

“Hope Community Development Corporation appreciates Senator Capito’s support of the West Side Hope Center for Career Training. We believe it will be a game changer for the West Side and look forward to working with our partners at the City of Charleston, Workforce WV, Kanawha County Workforce Development Board American Job Center, and Kanawha County Schools to move disadvantaged citizens into meaningful and family-wage careers,” Rev. Matthew Watts said.

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Cantwell, Murray-Supported Legislation Seeking Healing for Stolen Native Children and Their Communities Passes Committee

Source: United States Senator for Washington Maria Cantwell

06.07.23

Cantwell, Murray-Supported Legislation Seeking Healing for Stolen Native Children and Their Communities Passes Committee

Legislation passed through the Senate Indian Affairs Committee with bipartisan support today would establish a formal commission to investigate, document, and acknowledge past injustices of the federal government’s Indian Boarding School Policies

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This afternoon, legislation that seeks healing for stolen Native children and their communities passed the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs with bipartisan support. U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA), a senior member of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, introduced the legislation with 25 of their colleagues last month. The Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies in the United States Act (S.1723) would establish a formal commission to investigate, document, and acknowledge the injustices of the federal government’s Indian boarding school policies. These policies include the ordered termination of Native cultures, religions, and languages; the removal and kidnapping of Native children; forced assimilation; and egregious human rights violations. The commission would also develop recommendations for how Congress could provide aid to Native families and communities and provide a forum for victims to speak about their personal experiences.

“It’s long past time for our government to fully come to terms with the horrific legacy of Indian boarding schools, which were designed to systematically strip away Native culture, religion, and heritage—in brutal and traumatic ways,” said Senator Murray. “Establishing a Truth and Healing Commission will be an important step forward in helping Native families and communities in Washington state and across the country heal from this painful chapter in our nation’s history. As a voice for Washington state’s Tribes in the Senate, I will continue to fight for those harmed by the legacy of the Indian boarding school system and ensure that the U.S. government acknowledges and lives up to our commitment to Tribal communities.”

“S. 1723 will help our Native and indigenous communities by creating a Commission to help guide the healing journey, and will do so through acknowledging the lasting impacts of forced assimilation through the Indian Boarding schools and developing recommendations to the federal government that will focus on native voices being heard,” Sen. Cantwell said at today’s hearing. “To get to this result, we know that we have to not hide from the past. Generations of Tribal communities need to achieve justice and heal, and the truth must be acknowledged.”

The Indian boarding school policies were implemented by the federal government to strip American Indian and Alaska Native children of their identities, beliefs, and languages. Nearly 83 percent of American Indian and Alaska Native children, as young as 5 years old, were forcibly removed from their Tribal lands and families to be enrolled in one of 367 Indian boarding schools across 30 states, resulting in human rights violations including spiritual, physical, psychological, and sexual abuse and violence, disappearances, and deaths. The full effects of Indian boarding school policies have never been appropriately addressed, resulting in long-standing historical and intergenerational trauma and cycles of violence and abuse. Furthermore, the residual impact of Indian boarding school policies remains evident in the acute lack of culturally inclusive and affirming curricula and historically inaccurate representation of American Indian and Alaska Native people, history, and contributions.

There were 15 Indian boarding schools in the State of Washington. In April, as part of her “Road to Healing” tour, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland met with Native survivors of the federal Indian boarding school system and their descendants in Tulalip.

Senator Murray has consistently fought to secure funding and support for Tribal communities, including successfully securing increased funding for the Indian Housing Block Grant Program — which helps to combat the housing issues that specifically plague tribal communities and provide housing assistance to Native Americans with low-incomes — and securing the largest-ever federal investment in Tribes in the American Rescue Plan to support Tribal communities as they confronted the health and economic impacts of the pandemic.

As a senior member and former chair of the Indian Affairs Committee, Sen. Cantwell voted in favor of the legislation and has been vocal in her support of developing a Commission to help provide healing and justice. She has consistently worked to protect tribal sovereignty and support the economic growth of tribal communities. Sen. Cantwell has also been a leading voice on missing and murdered Indigenous women. In 2020, Sen. Cantwell’s Savanna’s Act was signed into law. The law helps federal, state, and tribal law enforcement agencies better respond to cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women and people (MMIWP). Recently, Senator Cantwell hosted a press conference and roundtable on May 5th, the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls, to increase awareness of the MMIWP crisis and to talk about ways to work with tribal communities to increase support for public safety.

The legislation is endorsed by the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition (NABS), National Congress of American Indians (NCAI), National Indian Education Association (NIEA), National Indian Health Board (NIHB), National Council of Urban Indian Health (NCUIH), National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA), American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC), National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center (NIWRC), Seattle Indian Health Board (SIHB), Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States, Friends Committee on National Legislation (FNCL), and United South and Eastern Tribes Sovereignty Protection Fund (USET SPF).

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Cantwell Statement on the Passing of Former Washington State Senator and Tulalip Tribal Leader John McCoy

Source: United States Senator for Washington Maria Cantwell

06.07.23

Cantwell Statement on the Passing of Former Washington State Senator and Tulalip Tribal Leader John McCoy

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, at a U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hearing, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), made this statement about the passing of Tulalip tribal leader and former Washington state Senator John McCoy.

“And if I could just take a moment to recognize the passing of one of our tribal leaders, John McCoy from the Tulalip Reservation,” said Sen. Cantwell. “Not only was he a 20-year member of the United States Air Force and a tribal leader at Tulalip, but he served our state legislature both as a representative and a senator, and we will miss him dearly.”  

Sen. Cantwell’s comments came moments before the committee passed S. 1723, the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies in the United States Act, addressing an issue of personal importance to Sen. McCoy.  Sen. McCoy’s father was fluent in the Tulalip Tribe’s language but refused to teach it, saying “they beat it out of me” at boarding school.  In 2005, as a member of the state House of Representatives, he helped win passage of a bill that encourages school districts to teach Native history and culture and to consult Tribes in developing that curriculum.  Sen. McCoy continued to work on the issue in the State Senate, and was instrumental in passage of 2015 legislation to expand what is today the innovative “Since Time Immemorial:  Tribal Sovereignty in Washington State” curriculum. 

The legislation passed out of committee today is consistent with Sen. McCoy’s view that “we must teach history – the good, the bad, the ugly – so that everybody understands how Indians were treated.” 

Sen. McCoy served the State of Washington’s 38th district for nearly two decades — in the Washington House of Representatives from 2003-2013, and in the State Senate from 2013 until his retirement in 2020.

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Boozman Welcomes UA Professor to Testify Before Senate Agriculture Committee

Source: United States Senator for Arkansas – John Boozman

WASHINGTON – A final rule issued last week by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) threatens U.S. biotech innovation and creates new market barriers for small producers, University of Arkansas Professor Margaret Leigh Worthington told the Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research during her testimony at a hearing Wednesday on the farm bill horticulture title.  

Worthington, an associate professor for horticulture, called the final rule on plant-incorporated protectants (PIPs) a source of a “great deal of concern in the plant breeding community” due to the “unnecessary regulatory burdens” it will create for producers and the fact that it puts the U.S. at odds “with a growing list of international regulatory authorities that have used a science-based rationale to streamline their policies to support the commercialization of innovative products.” 

U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, introduced Worthington at the hearing and followed up on the EPA rule in his questions to witnesses. 

“This rule will frustrate U.S. innovation, drive companies to export their staff, investments, and technologies to our international competitors, and create market barriers that only the largest multinational corporations can overcome. In short, EPA’s PIP rule puts American farmers and consumers last. More significant—it removes another tool from the toolbox that specialty crop producers—and all producers—so desperately need,” Boozman said. 

Worthington agreed in her response, saying the rule is “going to disincentive innovation, and I think it is going to have a disproportionate impact on specialty crops, small and medium enterprises and public sector investment.” 

“There has been so much investment through farm bill sponsored programs in research and plant breeding. We find all these disease resistant genes, we do all this work, and what this is going to do is make it more difficult to commercialize those products. Ultimately, I think you are going to see more consolidation in the industry with this regulation, and the innovation will be on a few large crops by a few very large companies. I would advocate for a more product- rather than process-based regulatory framework,” Worthington said. “I want to highlight that the new EPA rule is a setback for interagency alignment, it is in direct conflict with USDA’s recent revisions to its regulations and it is also out of step with a lot of other countries—including our number one seed trading partner Canada, which has a very progressive science-based policy on regulation of these plant-incorporated protectants.”

Worthington’s research focuses on improving blackberries, peaches, nectarines and muscadine grape varieties through plant breeding.

Earlier this year, she was part of a team of 26 scientists from across the world that assembled the first complete sequence of the blackberry genome. This achievement will be a great help to fruit breeders striving to develop improved varieties that are more resistant to disease and tolerant of drought, as well as have greater nutrition and better taste.

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Boozman, Rosen, Blumenthal Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Grow Use of Drone Technology for Infrastructure Inspections

Source: United States Senator for Arkansas – John Boozman

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Boozman (R-AR), Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) introduced the Drone Infrastructure Inspection Grant (DIIG) Act to help utilize drone technology to inspect critical infrastructure. This bipartisan bill would authorize $100 million in competitive grants to help local governments fund more opportunities to use American-made drones in critical infrastructure inspections, maintenance, or construction projects.

“There’s no reason not to utilize drone technology that’s produced right here in America to more efficiently and effectively assess the safety of our bridges, railways and other infrastructure,” said Boozman. “In Arkansas, we’ve seen the numerous benefits they offer – from precision agriculture to law enforcement missions and enhancing manual inspections – but we’re also at the forefront of guarding against reliance on foreign-based manufacturers to supply unmanned aircraft systems. Our bipartisan bill helps expand this vision nationwide and invests in educational opportunities necessary to create more skilled operators and technicians.”

“As we implement the historic investments to update our nation’s infrastructure, we must use the latest technology to identify structures that need to be fixed,” said Rosen. “This bipartisan legislation I’m introducing will help local governments invest in drones to better inspect their infrastructure for safety and reliability, while preparing our workforce for jobs of the future.”

“These grants are an important investment to ensure state and local inspection officials have the resources they need to keep our infrastructure and communities safe,” said Blumenthal. “Drone technology can be a valuable tool to help us modernize our roads and bridges. The next generation of highly-trained workers are key to a sustainable, world-class transportation network.”

Drones have been used to help inspect infrastructure projects and prevent catastrophes. In 2021, drone footage helped reveal a severe crack in the I-40 bridge connecting Arkansas and Tennessee, which carries an estimated 40,000 vehicles across the Mississippi River every day.

“Drones are being relied on as indispensable tools for critical operations, including infrastructure inspections – and that role will only continue to grow as the technology advances further. The future of aviation leadership is in autonomy, and the United States must invest in supporting the drone industry and growing workforce. This bill accomplishes both goals by providing states with grants to funding to acquire and utilize secure drones for infrastructure inspection and to train the workforce to conduct these critical missions,” said Michael Robbins, Chief Advocacy Officer at the Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI). “The U.S. cannot afford to fall behind in the drone industry’s ability to attract capital, investment, and workforce. Congress should pass this commonsense legislation to help level the playing field for the U.S. drone industry and to encourage the infrastructure and workforce benefits the DIIG Act would bring to communities nationwide.”

This legislation would also enable research universities to access grants for programs geared toward training the next generation of workers who operate drones.

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Cassidy Delivers Remarks During Hearing on Veterans’ Access to Long Term Care

Source: United States Senator for Louisiana Bill Cassidy

06.07.23

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. delivered remarks during today’s hearing on examining veterans’ access to long term care. 

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you to our witnesses for being here today to discuss how we can ensure veterans have access to the long-term care and support they need. 

Our veterans sacrificed for us, so we owe it to them to work to identify gaps in care and find ways to improve the experience they receive when they work with VA to fulfill their long-term care needs.  

Access to quality long-term care is an important part of honoring our commitment to our veterans. 

It’s an issue that affects the veteran, their families, the caregiver, and the community around them. 

We must improve coordination between the VA, community providers, and other stakeholders so that veterans and their families do not have to struggle to access the support they earned.

As the population of aging and disabled veterans increases, VA will need to ensure high-quality and adequate staffing for VA medical facilities, clinics, and community living centers, while also expanding its footprint in the community. 

I support VA’s efforts to honor veterans’ preferences for when, where, and how they receive long-term care. Veterans should have ultimate control over their health care decisions from VA.

We must also focus on caregiver support and recognize the vital role caregivers play in the well-being of our veterans. We must provide caregivers with the necessary resources, training, and support to ensure they deliver the best care. 

Our hope is that your testimony will help us figure out how to do that.  

I thank you again for your testimony.

Let us honor our veterans’ service and sacrifice by making sure they get the best care we can give them.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I yield. 

Watch his remarks here.  

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King Questions Top VA Official on Success of Pilot Home Care Program

Source: United States Senator for Maine Angus King

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine), a member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee (SVAC), today questioned top officials from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services about a number of challenges with homecare and nursing homes facing Maine’s veterans community. In a hearing of the SVAC committee, Senator King questioned Dr. Scotte Hartronft of the Office of Geriatrics & Extended Care and Jonathan Blum from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services about how the VA is implementing innovative programs, including a pilot program in Maine, that allow older veterans to stay in their own homes longer with appropriate care — keeping veterans happier as they age while simultaneously saving taxpayers money.

“We really need to talk about beefing up home care. I used to travel the state when I was governor with our human services and we would be with seniors and ask how many want to go to a nursing home. No hands went up. People want to stay in their homes. Also, it’s a lot cheaper, it’s a lot more cost effective. Describe to me the VA’s home care emphasis, and I know there’s a pilot program of which Maine is participating – the RECAP Program. Talk to me about home care as an alternative to nursing homes,” Senator King said.

Hartronft replied, “Specifically the RECAP Program is Redefining Elder Care in America Pilot and what we’re doing is piloting using predictive analytics to actually determine from all Medicare and VA records as to who is the highest risk for nursing home placement in the next two years. We embed a care coordinator who works with the primary care provider to proactively reach out to the veteran and their caregiver to if they need home services.”

“Because every day you can keep a veteran in their home, they’re happier and the system is saving money,” King responded.

Also in the hearing, Senator King challenged Blum who spoke about a push for standards to be enacted across the VA even if it results in the closing of facilities. King followed up the witness’s testimony by saying:

King said, “You’re not serving veterans if a home closes because they can’t be meet the staffing standards because they can’t find the people. Let’s get real here. Don’t tell me you’re improving service to veterans when you just said we’re going to see nursing homes close. 

Blum responded, “We don’t think they’re going to close.”

“You just said that. You did,” King quickly replied.

Blum answered, “That was misspoken. What we want to see is a nursing home force that is more stable.”

“Nobody disagrees with that. The question is how do we get there,” King asked.

As a member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, Senator King works to oversee the VA and ensure the proper implementation of various programs, such as the PACT Act, the State Veterans Homes Domiciliary Care Flexibility Act, and the John Scott Hannon Act. Senator King hopes to help improve the bureau’s capacity by investing in its workforce, facilities, and other modernization efforts.

Last year, Senator King conducted nine interviews with Maine veterans as part of the Library of Congress’ Veterans History Project, an effort by the Library to collect, preserve and distribute the personal accounts of American war veterans so that future generations may hear directly from veterans and better understand the realities of war. You can find or watch all nine of Senator King’s interviews HERE. 

Senator King is also a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) and has repeatedly pressed for action from top DoD officials on the issue of servicemember suicide. Additionally, he recently spearheaded the passage of legislation to better track and study servicemember suicides by job assignment. Senator King has also worked to properly honor and recognize the sacrifices of Purple Heart medal recipients, protect veterans from fraud, and expand veteran assisted living services.

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Van Hollen, Shaheen, Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Joint Statement Calling for Calm Between Kosovo and Serbia Amid Clashes

Source: United States Senator for Maryland Chris Van Hollen

June 07, 2023

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and a bipartisan group of lawmakers, including Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), and Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) in a joint statement urging calm between Kosovo and Serbia amid deteriorating security conditions between the two nations:

“As U.S. lawmakers, across party lines, we are increasingly concerned by the fragile security situation in the north of Kosovo. Today, we reiterate that there is broad bipartisan support in the U.S. Senate for the European Union’s efforts, in close coordination with the United States, to mediate a path forward. But for a resolution to be tenable, both Prime Minister Kurti and President Vucic must immediately heed international calls to deescalate the situation, restore popular trust in local institutions in the north and recommit to implementation of the Agreement on the Path to Normalization by establishing an Association of Serb-Majority Municipalities in Kosovo. As both leaders consider their next steps, we urge them to choose peace, prosperity and the safety of their respective citizens. Failure to de-escalate the situation would trigger consequences from the West, which has diligently worked to support Kosovo and Serbia on a path forward, and needlessly risks weakening our bilateral relations. That is not in anyone’s best interest. We urge Kosovo and Serbia to work in good faith with the European Union and the United States to find a path forward without delay.”

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Bloomington Small Business Owner Testifies Before U.S. Senate

Source: United States Senator for Indiana Todd Young

June 07, 2023

WASHINGTON – Today, Bloomington resident Mike Norris, President/CEO of Warrant Technologies, testified during a joint roundtable hosted by the U.S. Senate Committees on Finance and Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.), a member of both committees, co-led the roundtable and invited Norris to participate. Entitled “Tackling Tax Complexity: The Small Business Perspective,” the roundtable focused on how tax policy affects small businesses across the country.

During the event, Norris discussed the importance of Congress restoring a recently expired tax deduction for research and development (R&D) expenses. Last year, Congress failed to extend a provision in the tax code allowing American employers to immediately deduct R&D expenses. For the first time in 70 years, businesses now must amortize these investments over the course of five years, rather than 100% annually.

Norris contrasted the investment and growth his company experienced prior to the expiration of full and immediate R&D expensing with the burden his company faces now that he has to amortize those expenses.

“If these tax changes persist, the impact on small businesses, like Warrant Technologies, could be devastating,” said Norris. “Fixing the tax burdens that start this year is in the interest of every small business, our nation’s economic growth, and the ability of our small business to continue thrive and pursue research and development efforts. Adoption of the American Innovation and Jobs Act (S.866) repeals this change and incentivizes small business growth and participation in R&D.”

Senators Young and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) have introduced the bipartisan American Innovation and Jobs Act to address this issue. The bill would both allow businesses to once again fully deduct R&D expenses each year and expand eligibility for the refundable R&D tax credit so that more startups and new businesses can use it. The legislation is broadly supported by job creators and industry trade associations in Indiana and across the country.

“Maintaining and encouraging R&D activities here in the United States is critical to spurring economic growth, providing high-quality jobs for Americans, and ensuring our country remains competitive with our international rivals, most notably China. Congress needs to support small businesses like Warrant Technologies by passing myAmerican Innovation and Jobs Act,” said Senator Young.

Senator Young’s opening remarks during the roundtable can be found here, and his introduction of Norris can be found here. Mike Norris’s prepared testimony can be found here. A recap video of the roundtable can be found here.