Levin Pushes TAA Renewal as Parts of the Law Expire
Congress should immediately extend Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) in order to extend certain programs that expired on Dec. 31, 2013 and others that are due for expiration at the end of 2014, said House Ways and Means Committee ranking member…
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Sander Levin, D-Mich. in a press release. "TAA is our commitment to workers competing in a globalized economy and we must immediately extend the improvements that we made in 2009 when Congress returns," said Levin. The House reconvened on Jan. 3. Among the TAA programs that expired in recent days, U.S. workers adversely affected by imports will no longer receive assistance, said the release.