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Boehner on paper
As a follow-up to this story, U.S. House Minority Leader John Boehner sent a letter last week to President Barack Obama in response to local paper workers’ call for an end to China’s paper industry subsidies.
Here’s how Boehner’s office prefaces the letter in a release:
Congressman John Boehner (R-West Chester) yesterday sent a letter to President Obama urging Congress and the Administration to work together now to create thousands of American jobs and foster a more vibrant manufacturing base. The letter, written after recent meetings with constituents who are concerned about the future of Ohio’s paper industry, encourages President Obama to act on several pending trade agreements that promise to create Ohio jobs and boost the economy without adding to our staggering deficit.
It’s worth noting, this is different from another letter signed by more than 100 members of congress (the letter local paper workers were asking Boehner to sign).
Here is a copy of Boehner’s letter:
Dear Mr. President,
The forest and paper industry is an important part of our nation’s manufacturing base. As you may know, a petition has been filed with the International Trade Commission and Department of Commerce to investigate possible subsidies and dumping of certain paper products. While I believe it is critical that these investigations proceed unimpeded by politics, I also believe the Administration and Congress should work now to create new export opportunities in order to foster an even more vibrant manufacturing base.
Specifically, I encourage you to act on your commitment to move the three pending trade agreements with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea - trade agreements that stand to benefit the paper industry in Ohio and across the country. As you have said, passage of the pending agreements will increase trade, which is a step towards your stated goal of doubling our exports in five years. You have often noted that increasing our exports by 1% will create more than 250,000 jobs. Independent reviews by the International Trade Commission estimate that implementing pending trade agreements with Colombia, Panama and South Korea will increase U.S. exports by more than one percent. As I mentioned, the paper industry in Ohio, and across the country, stands to benefit tremendously from passage of the pending trade agreements. Between 2005 and 2007, the U.S. exported $725 million worth of paper and paper products to South Korea. Upon implementation of the agreement, 100% of duties will be eliminated immediately. In 2007, the U.S. paper industry exported $234 million worth of products to Colombia and $72 million to Panama in 2006. Most tariffs will be eliminated immediately upon implementation of these agreements, with remaining tariffs being phased out over a period of ten years or less.
Ohio’s paper industry and scores of other manufactures across the country stand to benefit greatly by the adoption of the pending trade agreements. Opening doors to overseas markets creates jobs and new opportunities without costing the taxpayers. I urge you to act on these agreements.
Mr. President, as you know, nearly 1 in 10 Americans today is unemployed. In my district, Ohio’s Eighth Congressional District, families continue to struggle with a jobless rate that is nearly a full point higher than the national average. As I listen to the small business owners who are essential to getting our economy moving again and creating new jobs, I hear concerns about new taxes, mandates and obstacles that are filling them with uncertainty and keeping them from hiring, investing, and leveraging their hard work and innovation to take advantage of new opportunities at home and abroad.
I appreciate your attention to this issue, and I look forward to working with you to address the tough issues that face our country’s economy.
Sincerely,
John A. Boehner, Member of Congress
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By Hey Greg
August 2, 2010 12:48 PM | Link to this
Did you seriously just re-post a press release?
By Boehnerisms
August 3, 2010 7:34 AM | Link to this
Boehner has this situation completely backwards. FREE TRADE is not the same thing as FAIR TRADE. He is pushing opening up trade with countries that will only ADD to the trade deficit and drive wages of American workers. Congressman Boehner’s agenda is to destroy America and Ohio’s middle class, wake up people.
By Our version of Nancy Pelosi
August 4, 2010 10:25 AM | Link to this
Boehnerism is right! John Boehner failed to grasp that, if China undercuts our paper industry at home, they’ll easily do it in Columbia, Panama, & South Korea. China wins again - our paper industry continues to lose. Is Boehner dense, or just alcohol impaired?
By JERRY
August 8, 2010 6:40 AM | Link to this
Mr.Boehner, Is so focused on his Title, that his constituents are his last concern, this country is his last concern. The man should be thrown out of office. He is completely incompetent and lives in a dream world that he made himself. The people in his district better wake up, John is for John and God forbid if he is remotely even considered for the Speaker Of The House. Let us pray that this never happens. Jerry p.s. Vote the Bum Out!
By JERRY
August 8, 2010 6:40 AM | Link to this
Mr.Boehner, Is so focused on his Title, that his constituents are his last concern, this country is his last concern. The man should be thrown out of office. He is completely incompetent and lives in a dream world that he made himself. The people in his district better wake up, John is for John and God forbid if he is remotely even considered for the Speaker Of The House. Let us pray that this never happens. Jerry p.s. Vote the Bum Out!