WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman issued the following statement:
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee Chairman Mike Lawler delivered opening remarks at a subcommittee hearing titled "Helping American Businesses Win Abroad: Strengthening U.S. Commercial Diplomacy."
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Today, we examine the Department of Commerce's foreign commercial service. We will learn how the service currently functions from a workforce and management perspective, and contemplate potential structural reforms to improve the current systems. Commercial diplomacy is a valuable diplomatic tool to both advance U.S. business interests overseas and strength...