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Highlighting China's Unfair Trade Practices
Today, I was in the Lehigh Valley to highlight Chinese policies that are hurting the businesses and employees in Pennsylvania and across the country. I joined C.F. Martin IV, Chairman and CEO of C.F. Martin & Co, to urge greater action to stop the production of counterfeit guitars bearing the C.F. Martin & Co. logo that are being made in China.
Despite repeated attempts by Martin Guitar, China continues to allow the production and sale of counterfeit guitars. I will continue to press the Obama Administration to put pressure on China to do more to protect intellectual property for U.S. companies. I will also continue to push for more action to target China’s currency manipulation that puts the U.S. at a competitive disadvantage.
The lack of protection on the part of the Chinese harms C.F. Martin & Co. and is indicative of the experiences of countless other firms. The sale of counterfeit, low-quality merchandise hurts Pennsylvania companies and workers.
Opening the Veterans Sanctuary in Lehigh Valley
Yesterday, I joined two hundred Lehigh Valley community members for the opening ceremony of Veterans Sanctuary, a 32 bed facility which aims to provide mental health support and physical therapy to veterans returning from combat. The sanctuary will help heal the many veterans who served our country and whose lives bear the special burden of combat stress. Its approach focuses on supporting both veterans and their families, so the whole family can heal together.
Given the impact the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has had on the nation’s armed forces, places like the Veterans Sanctuary are more and more necessary. It is hard to quantify the need for such facilities, which benefit the whole community. At the ceremony, I renewed my commitment to work for service members and their families. We must ensure that spending cuts – a popular Republican talking point – don’t erase or diminish benefits or programs for veterans.
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