BROWN AND KHANNA LEAD DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS IN LETTER TO COMMERCE AND LABOR IN RESPONSE TO CONN-SELMER CLOSURE, OFFSHORING OF UNION JOBS TO CHINA

Washington, April 9 -- Congresswoman Shontel Brown issued the following press release:

Today, Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11), a member of the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party and Congressman Ro Khanna (CA-17) Ranking Member of the Select Committee, a member of the Select Committee, led a letter to Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick and Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer expressing concern over the announced closure of Conn-Selmer's manufacturing facility in Eastlake, Ohio and the company's decision to offshore production to China.

"The skilled workers at Conn-Selmer have spent decades building world-class instruments and their company, and they deserve bette...