[Ip-health] Re: [HEALTHGAP] Chairman Rangel Announces a Hearing on Trade and Globalization

[Judit Rius Sanjuan]

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>> ADVISORY
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>> FROM THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
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>> Chairman Rangel Announces a Hearing on Trade and Globalization
>>
>> Chairman Rangel Announces a Hearing on Trade and Globalization
>>
>>  House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles B. Rangel today
>> announced that the Committee will hold a hearing on trade and
>> globalization. The hearing will take place on Tuesday, January 30, in
>> the main Committee hearing room, 1100 Longworth House Office
>> Building, beginning at 10 a.m.
>>
>>  In view of the limited time available to hear witnesses, oral
>> testimony at this hearing will be from invited witnesses only.
>> However, any individual or organization not scheduled for an oral
>> appearance may submit a written statement for consideration by the
>> Committee and for inclusion in the printed record of the hearing.
>>
>>  FOCUS OF THE HEARING:
>>
>>  This hearing is the third in a series on economic conditions in the
>> United States. Trade and globalization present opportunities and
>> challenges to a multitude of industries and sectors throughout the
>> U.S. economy, affecting farmers, workers, businesses, and even whole
>> communities. This hearing will explore the integration of markets
>> brought about by globalization and examine how U.S. trade policy can
>> be used as a tool to shape globalization to maximize its benefits,
>> ensure that they flow evenly throughout society, including to working
>> people, and to ensure that the forces of the global economy are
>> harnessed most effectively and efficiently to generate the maximum
>> amount of broadly based economic growth.
>>
>>  During the hearing, Members hope to elicit responses from witnesses
>> on the following: (1) the philosophy that more trade is always
>> better, no matter its terms or contents; (2) whether the benefits of
>> globalization are being spread broadly to working people, farmers,
>> businesses and consumers in the United States, and if not, what
>> specific changes to U.S. trade policy and international trading rules
>> should be recommended to maximize the benefits and minimize the costs
>> of globalization; and (3) what have been some of the most important
>> successes of U.S. trade policy in the recent past in terms of
>> maximizing the benefits of globalization and minimizing its costs. In
>> announcing the hearing, Chairman Rangel said, =93We need a better
>> understanding of the winners and losers under our current trade
>> policy. Congress must be an active partner with the Administration in
>> shaping trade policy to strengthen economic opportunities for
>> American workers, farmers and businesses and this hearing will
>> provide a framework for future legislative action.=94
>>
>>  DETAILS FOR SUBMISSION OF WRITTEN COMMENTS:
>>
>>  Please Note: Any person(s) and/or organization( s) wishing to submit
>> for the hearing record must follow the appropriate link on the
>> hearing page of the Committee website and complete the informational
>> forms. From the Committee homepage, http://waysandmeans .house.gov,
>> select =93110th Congress=94 from the menu entitled, =93Committee Hearing=
s=94
>> (http://waysandmeans .house.gov/ Hearings. asp?congress=3D 18). Select
>> the hearing for which you would like to submit, and click on the link
>> entitled, =93Click here to provide a submission for the record.=94 Once
>> you have followed the online instructions, completing all
>> informational forms and clicking =93submit=94 on the final page, an emai=
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>> will be sent to the address which you supply confirming your interest
>> in providing a submission for the record. You MUST REPLY to the email
>> and ATTACH your submission as a Word or WordPerfect document, in
>> compliance with the formatting requirements listed below, by close of
>> business Tuesday, February 13, 2007. Finally, please note that due to
>> the change in House mail policy, the U.S. Capitol Police will refuse
>> sealed-package deliveries to all House Office Buildings. For
>> questions, or if you encounter technical problems, please call (202)
>> 225-1721.
>>
>>  FORMATTING REQUIREMENTS:
>>
>>  The Committee relies on electronic submissions for printing the
>> official hearing record. As always, submissions will be included in
>> the record according to the discretion of the Committee. The
>> Committee will not alter the content of your submission, but we
>> reserve the right to format it according to our guidelines. Any
>> submission provided to the Committee by a witness, any supplementary
>> materials submitted for the printed record, and any written comments
>> in response to a request for written comments must conform to the
>> guidelines listed below. Any submission or supplementary item not in
>> compliance with these guidelines will not be printed, but will be
>> maintained in the Committee files for review and use by the Committee.
>>
>>  1. All submissions and supplementary materials must be provided in
>> Word or WordPerfect format and MUST NOT exceed a total of 10 pages,
>> including attachments. Witnesses and submitters are advised that the
>> Committee relies on electronic submissions for printing the official
>> hearing record.
>>
>>  2. Copies of whole documents submitted as exhibit material will not
>> be accepted for printing. Instead, exhibit material should be
>> referenced and quoted or paraphrased. All exhibit material not
>> meeting these specifications will be maintained in the Committee
>> files for review and use by the Committee.
>>  3. All submissions must include a list of all clients, persons,
>> and/or organizations on whose behalf the witness appears. A
>> supplemental sheet must accompany each submission listing the name,
>> company, address, telephone and fax numbers of each witness.
>> _______________________________________________
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