Washington, March 9 -- Congressman Cliff Bentz issued the following press release:
On Wednesday, March 4th, Congressman Bentz attended a Republican member-only briefing with USTR Jamieson Greer. The meeting was held in the Capitol building. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the White House's trade policies. Ambassador Greer made brief remarks and then asked for questions.
Congressman Bentz was the fourth member to speak. He began by saying that Oregon farmers were having a historically and truly disastrous year and asked that the administration design a trade policy that would help protect the Potato, Onion, Sugar, wheat, beans, grapes, cherries, alfalfa, nurseries, and corn sectors. He called out the dumping of onions by Mexico i...