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handle is hein.cbhear/fdsysawll0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RE- LATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2018 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 10:16 a.m., in room SD-192, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Jerry Moran (Chairman) presiding. Present: Senators Moran, Alexander, Murkowski, Shaheen, Reed, and Van Hollen. BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY, INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION, AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR JERRY MORAN Senator MORAN. I call this subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies to order. No Senator would want to be in a hearing in which they could not be heard; so I think we have solved that issue. I will begin with an opening statement, recognize the Ranking Member, and introduce our witness panel. We will hear your testi- mony and then take questions. Welcome to today's Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies subcommittee hearing. The hearing will examine the fis- cal year 2019 funding requests for, and activities of, the Inter- national Trade Administration, the Bureau of Industry and Secu- rity within the Department of Commerce, and the United States International Trade Commission. I welcome and thank our witness panel for being here. Collectively, the mission of these three agencies represented here this morning play a significant role in supporting the United States's economic prosperity, our national security, and our foreign policy through promotion and enforcement of our trade policies, laws, and agreements. The importance of the work that these agencies perform has been recently thrust into the spotlight as the administration continues to pursue aggressive trade strategies. In just the past few weeks, we have seen a preliminary agree- ment between the United States and Mexico on a revamped North America Free Trade Agreement; public hearings have been held re- garding proposed tariffs on approximately $200 billion worth of (1)

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