{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.britt.senate.gov/news/press-releases/u-s-senator-katie-britt-questions-u-s-trade-representative-jamieson-greer-on-fy26-funding-priorities/", "U.S. Senator Katie Britt Questions U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on FY26 Funding Priorities", "2025-12-15", "2025", "2025-12", "Republican", "Senate", "AL", "Katie Boyd Britt", "B001319", "www.britt.senate.gov", "britt", "https://www.britt.senate.gov/media/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) joined a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing with U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer to discuss Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) funding priorities.\n\nSenator Britt began her questioning by praising the Trump Administration\u2019s efforts to ensure American companies are top of mind when negotiating with other countries: \u201cYou talked about your negotiations with Mexico over the last 90 days, and them not making good on commitments \u2026 As we have those negotiations, I just want to say thank you. We have to make sure that our American companies are treated fairly. And the way that they have been treated by the Mexican government is egregious. And so, I appreciate you keeping that top of mind throughout these negotiations.\u201d\n\nThe Senator then asked how USTR is working to ensure that as the U.S. aims to onshore domestic manufacturing, industries are able to procure necessary equipment:\u201c[A]s we work to ensure and significantly expand domestic capacity in sectors ranging from steel to aluminum to pulp, paper, auto manufacturers, etc., we know that many of the companies face time-sensitive procurement needs for specialized industrial equipment, much of which has limited sourcing ability at this time. How is USTR ensuring predictability and affordability and the access to these essential manufacturing equipment that\u2019s required for these plants to expand?\u201d\n\nSenator Britt asked Ambassador Greer what is being done to maintain market competition for companies manufacturing domestically, saying, \u201cThe next issue is about ensuring products manufactured here remain fully competitive \u2026 And so, I know this is something that you and your team have been working on and are considering carefully \u2026 I appreciate that and certainly welcome any update that you have on how you\u2019re approaching that to just help ensure that domestic manufacturers are able to compete in the market, across the world.\u201d\n\nThe Senator discussed the importance of Alabama\u2019s cotton industry and asked how the Trump Administration is encouraging American-made cotton consumption: \u201c\u2026 Alabama is at the heart of the southeast Cotton Belt \u2026 And we produce higher quality cotton than anyone around the world. But our growers are still seeing less demand than ever before, in large part to illegal market practices \u2026 we see China continuing to flood the market with cheap synthetic products. And this further creates a divide here \u2026 I know here in Congress we\u2019re working on it. We see Chair Boozman and Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith lead an effort on buying American cotton. I\u2019m proud to be a part of that effort. But what conversations are you having at USTR in this regard? And in what ways do you think that we can encourage the consumption of American cotton through our trade policies?\u201d\n\nYou can view Senator Britt\u2019s full line of questioning here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.britt.senate.gov/news/press-releases/u-s-senator-katie-britt-questions-u-s-trade-representative-jamieson-greer-on-fy26-funding-priorities/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8657369762659073, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}