As Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee, I traveled to Montreal last month to take part in the ongoing North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) renegotiation. I met with Canadian, Mexican, and American business leaders and workers, all of whom expressed anxiety about the direction of talks. The consequences for redrawing NAFTA poorly would be devastating for… Read more »

U.S. Representatives Bill Pascrell (D-NJ-09), the Ranking Member on the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade, and Sandy Levin (D-MI-09), a senior Member of that Subcommittee, today released the following joint statement in response to Mexican Labor Minister Roberto Campa reportedly downplaying Mexican labor issues in concluding a renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement… Read more »

Today, U.S. Representative Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), the Ranking Member on the House Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee, led 14 committee Democratic members on a letter to Trade Subcommittee chairman David Reichert (R-WA-08) demanding public hearings on the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). “We urge you to schedule a hearing to provide the Ways… Read more »

Today, Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ) and Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) issued the following statements after the U.S. Department of Commerce released its reports in the Section 232 national security investigations on steel and aluminum imports and announced the recommendations it presented to the President for import restrictions… Read more »

Today, U.S. Representative Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), New Jersey’s only member of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following statement on President Trump’s FY19 budget request:               “President Trump’s budget is a sad joke,” said Rep. Pascrell. “Slashing the… Read more »

Yesterday, Ways and Means Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Bill Pascrell (D-NJ) introduced H.R. 4979, bipartisan legislation that renews the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program for three years. The United States’ oldest and largest trade preference program, GSP provides targeted tariff relief while supporting American workers and… Read more »

Today, U.S. Representative Bill Pascrell, Jr. (NJ-09), Ranking Member of the Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee, issued the following statement after returning from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) renegotiations in Montreal, Canada. "If we have any hope of continuing NAFTA and seeing essential changes, we need to make it a modern document that helps American workers as… Read more »

U.S. Representative Bill Pascrell, Jr. (NJ-09), ranking member of the Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee, issued the following statement after landing in Montreal, Canada for the Sixth Round of the renegotiation and modernization of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). "I look forward to meeting with the NAFTA negotiators from all three countries in Montreal as we work to… Read more »

Today, U.S. Representatives Bill Pascrell, Jr. (NJ-09), Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), and Sander Levin (MI-09) led a letter from 183 Members of Congress to the United States Trade Representative (USTR) Robert Lighthizer expressing concern with the ongoing renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Specifically, the Members of Congress told Lighthizer to end the outsourcing… Read more »

Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (NJ-09) issued the following statement today following the passage of a continuing resolution that funds the government into mid-January.. "Today the House of Representatives adjourned for the holidays without finding any resolution to a whole host of issues that are critically important to Americans. Republican House leadership decided not to engage… Read more »