Opening Statements

  • Camp Opening Statement: Markup of HR 2378
    Sep 24, 2010  - At the four hearings we held this year on China, we heard from many experts about our economic relationship with China, and in particular, China’s currency policy.  There is no debate that China’s currency is fundamentally misaligned.  We all agree that China must take prompt action to allow mar... More
  • Camp Statement Submitted for the Record: Hearing on China’s Exchange Rate Policy
    Sep 16, 2010  - This is now the fourth hearing we’ve held on China this year, but only the first time that we’ve had an Administration official here to testify.  Secretary Geithner, I am sure that you share my concern about China’s currency policy.  It is fundamentally misaligned, plain and simple.  I presume there... More
  • Camp Opening Statement: Hearing on China’s Exchange Rate Policy
    Sep 15, 2010  - This is our third hearing on China this year.  At each hearing, this Committee has sent the clear and unequivocal message that this Congress is frustrated by China’s continued bad faith and aggressive pursuit of protectionist policies that jeopardize our economic relationship.  China must end its po... More
  • Linder Opening Statement: Hearing on Child Welfare Waivers
    Jul 29, 2010  - Good morning.  We are here today to consider about how best to keep children safe, and specifically what lessons have been learned from demonstration projects implemented under waivers of Federal child welfare law. We are privileged to have a distinguished panel of experts here to review those que... More
  • Brady Opening Statement: Hearing on Enhancing the U.S.-EU Trade Relationship
    Jul 27, 2010  - Mr. Chairman, thank you for convening this hearing.  You’ve shown great leadership on these issues in your role as President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. Given the sheer scope and size of the U.S./EU trade relationship – we are, after all, each other’s largest trading partners – it is import... More
  • Camp Opening Statement: Hearing on Transfer Pricing Issues
    Jul 22, 2010  - It is indisputable that worldwide American companies that are subject to transfer pricing rules have a positive effect on our economy and generate high quality jobs for Americans. Given that our economy remains so fragile, and with unemployment stuck at nearly 10 percent, it is critical that as thi... More
  • Camp Floor Statement: H.R. 4380, the Miscellaneous Tariff Bill
    Jul 21, 2010  - I am disappointed that I cannot support this legislation. The Miscellaneous Tariff Bill has long been a bipartisan effort that helps both American manufacturers and consumers obtain lower-cost access to products that aren’t made in the United States. The process used to assemble this legislation ... More
  • Boustany Statement: Hearing on Immediate Need for Charitable Assistance in the Gulf Coast Region
    Jul 20, 2010  - Thank you, Chairman Lewis for convening this hearing to discuss the ongoing crisis in the Gulf Coast. As a proud Louisianian - I’ve witnessed this tragedy unfold over the past 91 days firsthand.  The oil spill devastates Gulf Coast families and workers, the economy and our delicate ecosystems.  ... More
  • Herger Statement: Hearing on Meaningful Use of Health Information Technology
    Jul 20, 2010  - Thank you, Chairman Stark, and I appreciate you calling this hearing to examine efforts to promote the adoption of health information technology. The Stimulus law included $36 billion in incentive payments, largely through deficit spending, for providers who “meaningfully use” electronic health rec... More
  • Johnson Statement: Hearing on Social Security at 75 Years
    Jul 15, 2010  - In his August 1953 message to Congress, President Eisenhower referred to retirement systems as “a reflection of the American heritage of sturdy self-reliance which has made our country strong and kept it free; the self-reliance without which we would have had no pilgrim fathers, no hardship-defying ... More