Washington, March 27 -- Congressman Robert Aderholt issued the following press release:
Extension of Remarks in in Support of H.R. 7084; Defending American Property Abroad Act:
Mr. Speaker,
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives is acting in response to a situation in which a foreign government shut down an American company's operations, seized its property, and ignored the rule of law.
When an American business is targeted in this way, it is not just an attack on one company, it is an attack on American workers, American jobs, and American interests.
Vulcan Materials, an Alabama company, has lawfully operated for 35 years in Mexico. Yet the Mexican government illegally seized its assets. If this can happen to an Alabama company to...