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Dave Frengel spoke in Pittsburgh today before the House Steel Caucus in a field hearing.  Dave is a CPA board member and chair of our Pennsylvania Chapter. Additionally, Jeff Pfeifer, of CPA member company MLP Steel (Scottdale, PA), testified at the same hearing. Dave’s testimony is below. ******* U.S. House of Representatives Steel Caucus Field [...]

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February 8, 2011 The Honorable Dave Camp, Chairman Ways and Means Committee U.S. House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515 via email: angela.ellard@mail.house.gov and jon.traub@mail.house.gov Re:    Recent Currency Letter to Secretary Geithner and Ambassador Kirk Dear Representative Camp: We note that you and Senator Max Baucus have recently sent a January 31 letter to Treasury Secretary Timothy [...]

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CPA updates the cosponsor list for The Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act (HR 639) weekly. Below is the updated list. A “1″ means the House member has cosponsored. A blank means they have not.

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Here are links to the Administration witnesses for the Ways and Means Committee hearing on China issues. Lael Brainard from Treasury wrote, in testimony, of broader China trade issues.  Her testimony is here.  Nothing much on currency except to acknowledge it is a problem and to state a preference for dealing with China in multi-lateral [...]

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CPA is a member of the Fair Currency Coalition (FCC).  This is the statement submitted by the FCC for today’s hearing. ******** BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES _______________________ WRITTEN STATEMENT OF THE FAIR CURRENCY COALITION __________________ FOR THE HEARING ON THE U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP (October 25, 2011) _________ The [...]

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This is Chairman Dave Camp’s statement at today’s Ways and Means Committee hearing on China issues. ****** Camp Opening Statement: Hearing on the U.S.-China Economic Relationship Tuesday, October 25, 2011 China is both an opportunity and an obstacle when it comes to our economy and American jobs. While the Chinese market is a large and [...]

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CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATE OVERSIGHT REFORM ACT OF 2011 — (Senate – October 11, 2011)   UPCOMING VOTES — (Senate – October 11, 2011) [Page: S6360]  GPO’s PDF — Mr. REID. Mr. President, this evening, the Senate will vote on legislation to end the unfair practice of currency manipulation by the Chinese Government. It is pretty [...]

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CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATE OVERSIGHT REFORM ACT OF 2011 — (Senate – October 06, 2011) [Page: S6279]  GPO’s PDF — The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Under the previous order, the Senate will resume consideration of S. 1619, which the clerk will report. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 1619) to provide for [...]

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CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATE OVERSIGHT REFORM ACT — (Senate – October 05, 2011) [Page: S6152]  GPO’s PDF — The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Under the previous order, the Senate will resume consideration of S. 1619, which the clerk will report. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 1619) to provide for identification of [...]

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CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATE OVERSIGHT REFORM ACT OF 2011–MOTION TO PROCEED–Continued — (Senate – October 04, 2011) [Page: S6067]  GPO’s PDF — The PRESIDING OFFICER. Does the Senator from Tennessee wish to be heard on the motion to proceed? Mr. CORKER. I do. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is recognized under the motion to proceed. Mr. [...]

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