Reps. Pascrell and Blumenauer Lead Ways and Means Democrats Combatting Forced Labor Abuses
May 04, 2021
May 04, 2021
WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release:
U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) and Earl Blumenauer (D-OR-03) led 18 Democratic members of the House Ways and Means Committee seeking increased government funding to combat imports to the United States made with forced labor.
"[W]e specifically ask that you fund the Office of Trade (OT) at $339,387,000--$50 million above the FY 2021 enacted level of which we urge t . . .
U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) and Earl Blumenauer (D-OR-03) led 18 Democratic members of the House Ways and Means Committee seeking increased government funding to combat imports to the United States made with forced labor.
"[W]e specifically ask that you fund the Office of Trade (OT) at $339,387,000--$50 million above the FY 2021 enacted level of which we urge t . . .