SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIRMAN HUIZENGA DELIVERS OPENING REMARKS AT JOINT SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING ON ALIGNING COMMERCIAL DIPLOMACY

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- The House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman issued the following statement:

Today, House Foreign Affairs South and Central Asia Subcommittee Chairman Bill Huizenga delivered opening remarks at a subcommittee hearing titled "More Bang for the Buck: Aligning Commercial Diplomacy Between State and Commerce." - Remarks -Well, thank you, my fellow chair. Glad we could be doing this together. And as chairman of the subcommittee that oversees both BIS and ITA, I have sort of a unique perspective in jurisdiction over both export controls and export promotion within the Department of Commerce.This morning, our full committee had a hearing with Under Secretary Kessler on export controls. This afternoon, I'm pleased that we ar...