Washington, Oct. 15 -- Congresswoman Linda T. Sanchez issued the following press release:
WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.) and Oversight Subcommittee Ranking Member Terri Sewell (D-Ala.) today led 55 of their House Democratic colleagues in calling on the Trump administration to maintain United States participation in the International Labor Organization (ILO), which brings together governments, workers and employers to establish international labor standards. Those standards help protect American workers from being undercut by other countries with weaker labor standards.
Reports that the administration is considering withdrawal come amid a severe budget crisis at the ILO, driven largely...