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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, United States Steel Corporation, which owns and | ||||||
| 3 | operates the Granite City Works steel facility in Granite City, | ||||||
| 4 | joins other steel-producing facilities throughout the State of | ||||||
| 5 | Illinois and the country in supporting the United States | ||||||
| 6 | Department of Commerce's thorough trade investigations into | ||||||
| 7 | South Korea's export of oil country tubular goods and | ||||||
| 8 | requesting full enforcement of United States trade laws | ||||||
| 9 | preventing steel dumping; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Domestic steelmakers like the United States Steel | ||||||
| 11 | Corporation are losing substantial sales to foreign countries | ||||||
| 12 | like South Korea, which have "dumped" their oil country tubular | ||||||
| 13 | goods into the United States market; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Hundreds of Illinois jobs are at stake, not only | ||||||
| 15 | at steel mills, but throughout the supply chain, if this | ||||||
| 16 | practice of "dumping" and circumventing United States trade law | ||||||
| 17 | is allowed to continue; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Oil country tubular goods are the steel pipe | ||||||
| 19 | products used in the extraction of oil and natural gas and play | ||||||
| 20 | a critical role in our efforts to become energy independent; | ||||||
| 21 | and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Domestic producers employ thousands of dedicated | ||||||
| 2 | American workers, who use state-of-the-art technology to | ||||||
| 3 | ensure that these products meet the highest standards; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, These jobs are now in jeopardy due to the rapid | ||||||
| 5 | surge of oil country tubular goods imports at prices below fair | ||||||
| 6 | value and, in deceptive ways, evading international trade laws; | ||||||
| 7 | and | ||||||
| 8 | WHEREAS, The United States Department of Commerce's | ||||||
| 9 | International Trade Administration is expected to present a | ||||||
| 10 | final decision regarding investigations into South Korean | ||||||
| 11 | trade practices and potential "dumping" of oil country tubular | ||||||
| 12 | goods steel materials by July of 2014; therefore, be it
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| 13 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 14 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 15 | we urge the President of the United States to ensure that the | ||||||
| 16 | United States Department of Commerce fully and thoroughly | ||||||
| 17 | investigate all facts surrounding the South Korean companies' | ||||||
| 18 | trade practices regarding steel products and to take necessary | ||||||
| 19 | action against any illegal activity in this matter; and be it | ||||||
| 20 | further
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| 21 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 22 | delivered to President Barack Obama.
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