<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> Fast tracking fast track…</o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""><br class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""><br class=""></o:p></div><div class=""><div align="center" class=""><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="600" style="width: 6.25in; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td style="background-color: rgb(1, 24, 74); padding: 0in; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><p align="center" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="http://republicans.waysandmeans.house.gov/" style="color: purple;" class=""><b class=""><img border="0" width="596" height="120" id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://waysandmeans.house.gov/UploadedFiles/banner_wo_DLCryan.jpg" class=""></b></a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 27pt;" class=""><td style="background-color: rgb(222, 181, 76); padding: 0in 15pt; height: 27pt; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 27pt;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(1, 24, 74);" class="">Hearing Advisory</span></b><b class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(1, 24, 74);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div></td></tr><tr class=""><td valign="top" style="padding: 15pt 15pt 0in;" class=""><div align="center" class=""><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="538" style="width: 403.5pt;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td style="padding: 0in 0in 6pt;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</span></strong><o:p class=""></o:p></div></td><td style="padding: 0in 0in 6pt;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: right;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""> April 17, 2015</span></strong><o:p class=""></o:p></div></td></tr><tr class=""><td style="padding: 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">No. FC-04</span></strong><o:p class=""></o:p></div></td><td style="padding: 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: right;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">202-225-3625 </span></strong><o:p class=""></o:p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr class=""><td style="padding: 0in;" class=""></td></tr><tr class=""><td style="padding: 15pt 22.5pt;" class=""><p align="center" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Expanding American Trade with Accountability and Transparency</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><br class="">House Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) today announced that the Committee on Ways and Means will hold a hearing on the expanding American trade with accountability and transparency. <b class="">The hearing will take place Wednesday, April 22, 2015, at 3:00 PM in Longworth 1100. </b><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">A list of witnesses will follow. Oral testimony at this hearing will be from invited witnesses only. However, any individual or organization may submit a written statement for consideration by the Committee and for inclusion in the printed record of the hearing.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Details for Submission of Written Comments:</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Please Note: Any person(s) and/or organization(s) wishing to submit written comments for the hearing record must follow the appropriate link on the hearing page of the Committee website and complete the informational forms. From the Committee homepage, <a href="http://waysandmeans.house.gov/" style="color: purple;" class="">http://waysandmeans.house.gov</a>, select “Hearings.” Select the hearing for which you would like to make a submission, and click on the link entitled, “Click here to provide a submission for the record.” Once you have followed the online instructions, submit all requested information. ATTACH your submission as a Word document, in compliance with the formatting requirements listed below, <b class="">by the close of business on Tuesday, February 10, 2015</b>. For questions, or if you encounter technical problems, please call (202) 225-3625 or (202) 225-2610.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Formatting Requirements:</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">The Committee relies on electronic submissions for printing the official hearing record. As always, submissions will be included in the record according to the discretion of the Committee. The Committee will not alter the content of your submission, but we reserve the right to format it according to our guidelines. Any submission provided to the Committee by a witness, any materials submitted for the printed record, and any written comments in response to a request for written comments must conform to the guidelines listed below. Any submission not in compliance with these guidelines will not be printed, but will be maintained in the Committee files for review and use by the Committee.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">1. All submissions and supplementary materials must be submitted in a single document via email, provided in Word format and must not exceed a total of 10 pages. Witnesses and submitters are advised that the Committee relies on electronic submissions for printing the official hearing record.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">2. All submissions must include a list of all clients, persons and/or organizations on whose behalf the witness appears. The name, company, address, telephone, and fax numbers of each witness must be included in the body of the email. Please exclude any personal identifiable information in the attached submission.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">3. Failure to follow the formatting requirements may result in the exclusion of a submission. All submissions for the record are final.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">The Committee seeks to make its facilities accessible to persons with disabilities. 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