{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.moran.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news-releases?ID=41DBB088-EB8D-403D-A867-41039FD92EF0", "VIDEO: Sen. Moran Questions U.S. Trade Representative Greer on Agricultural & Aviation Trade", "2025-12-10", "2025", "2025-12", "Republican", "Senate", "KS", "Jerry Moran", "M000934", "www.moran.senate.gov", "moran", "https://www.moran.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (Kan.) \u2013 chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (CJS) \u2013 led a hearing yesterday with United States Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer, during which he emphasized the important role of agricultural and aviation trade to Kansas. Sen. Moran questioned Ambassador Greer on trade opportunities for agricultural producers, global markets for ethanol and other biofuels, and highlighted the significance of aviation trade to Kansas.\n\nDuring his remarks, Sen. Moran shared a photo of a grain sorghum pile that was taken in Kensington several years ago, emphasizing the need for expanded markets for Kansas producers.\n\n\u201cI could hardly see the grain elevator because of the grain sorghum that was piled on the ground because there was no space in the elevator,\u201d said Sen. Moran. \u201cThis was, and has now returned to be, the circumstance in communities across Kansas. It highlights the magnitude of what we have to sell and how important your job is.\u201d\n\nSen. Moran also questioned Ambassador Greer on maintaining the zero-for-zero tariff provision for aviation products in the Trade Agreements Act of 1979.\n\n\u201cIn addition to an agricultural state, we\u2019ve got a number of things \u2013 how we earn a living in Kansas \u2013 but one of the significant ones is aviation,\u201d continued Sen. Moran. \u201cIn your negotiations in the past \u2013 with the United Kingdom, with South Korea, Japan, the European Union \u2013 you have established the zero-for-zero tariffs that were created in the 1979 agreement. You\u2019ve continued that practice, that policy. I want to encourage that to continue as you negotiate with India or Brazil or Singapore. Can you provide me an update and your thought process on the continuation of the 1979 agreement?\u201d\n\n\u201cAs you know, I lived in Wichita \u2013 the Air Capital \u2013 so this is a sector that\u2019s important to me,\u201d responded Ambassador Greer. \u201cAs we\u2019ve gone through and we\u2019ve accomplished our trade deals with countries, this is an area where we\u2019ve agreed to give them no reciprocal tariff, again, recognizing the 1979 agreement and the status of the industry in America as a net exporter. With Brazil, India, Singapore, we don\u2019t have deals yet with these countries. With India, it\u2019s fairly far advanced. And my expectation: we can certainly talk about extending treatment to those countries as well if they\u2019re willing to play ball and come to the table and give the United States the market access it should have.\u201d\n\nSen. Moran\u2019s opening statement can be viewed here.\n\nClick HERE to Watch Sen. Moran\u2019s Full Questioning", 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.moran.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news-releases?ID=41DBB088-EB8D-403D-A867-41039FD92EF0"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9891320951282978, "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"}