{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://visclosky.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressional-steel-caucus-urges-president-to-complete-steel-imports", "Congressional Steel Caucus Urges President to Complete Steel Imports Investigation", "2017-10-27", "2017", "2017-10", "Democrat", "House", "IN", "Peter Visclosky", "V000108", "visclosky.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, DC \u2013\u00a0Congressional Steel Caucus Co-Chairman Mike Bost (R-IL), Co-Chairman Rick Crawford (R-AR), and Vice-Chairman Peter J. Visclosky (D-IN), along with 65 other members of the Caucus, sent a letter to the President expressing support for the Section 232 investigation assessing the impact of steel imports on our national security.\u00a0\nSpecifically, the letter states that the investigation must be completed as soon as possible because each day that passes is another day that the domestic steel industry faces an onslaught of imports and the deeply harmful effects of unfair trade practices.\u00a0 The letter strongly urges the administration to release the report as expeditiously as possible so that action can be taken to protect the American steel industry and defend America\u2019s national security.\nComplete list of cosigners and full text of the letter is available below.\nDear Mr. President:\nWe write as members of the Congressional Steel Caucus to reiterate our support for the Section 232 investigation\u00a0assessing the impact of steel imports on our national security.\u00a0 We are grateful that you have undertaken this critically important investigation since it is imperative that our nation\u2019s military, energy, and other critical infrastructure continue to be built with American steel.\u00a0 We appreciate your dedication to the well-being of the domestic steel industry, and encourage the Section 232 report to be released as expeditiously as possible.\nAmerican steel is used in aircraft carriers, armored vehicles, submarines, refineries, power plants, highways, bridges, dams, reservoirs, and hospitals.\u00a0 It is responsible for protecting our brave service members every single day and allows our military to respond to outside threats.\u00a0 Without American steel, the Department of Defense would be forced to rely on foreign imports, which could become extremely dangerous during a national emergency or military conflict.\u00a0 Therefore, a robust domestic steel industry is absolutely critical to our national security. \nAs you highlighted when you initiated this investigation, and as the Steel Caucus well knows, the domestic industry has suffered greatly at the hands of global steel overcapacity and unfair trade.\u00a0 Yet, our conventional trade laws, while offering some relief, have failed to keep up with these illicit, and indeed destructive, practices.\u00a0 There are currently more than 700 million metric tons of global steel overcapacity, which amounts to more than eight times the output of all American steel producers.\u00a0 Furthermore, this year, steel imports have been up 21 percent over the same period in 2016, and in September alone, the U.S. imported over 3 million tons of steel.\u00a0 This continued crisis has caused layoffs and mill idling throughout the country, including in many of the communities we represent.\u00a0 Action must be taken to stop this unfair trade so that American steelworkers can continue to make American steel that supports our military, critical infrastructure, and the livelihoods of innumerable American families.\nEach day that passes is another day that the domestic steel industry faces an onslaught of imports and the deeply harmful effects of unfair trade practices, which is why we believe the investigation must be completed as soon as possible.\u00a0 We strongly urge your administration to release the report as expeditiously as possible so that action can be taken to protect the American steel industry and defend our national security.\u00a0\u00a0 \nWe thank you for your leadership in addressing the threats faced by the American steel industry, and we stand ready to continue to support this investigation and preserve the fundamental and strategic importance of our domestic steel industry to America\u2019s national security. \nSincerely, \nRep. 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