<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><i class="">Thanks to everyone who helped work this letter! </i> <a href="https://x.com/citizenstrade/status/1757466980863422765?s=20" style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;" class="">Pls Retweet Here</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://delauro.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/delauro-leads-87-representatives-letter-supporting-us-trade" class="">https://delauro.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/delauro-leads-87-representatives-letter-supporting-us-trade</a> </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33);" class="">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: </span></b><span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33);" class="">February 13<sup class="">th</sup>, 2024</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33);" class=""> <b class="">CONTACT:</b></span><b class=""> </b><a href="mailto:daniel.robillard@mail.house.gov" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">Daniel Robillard</a><span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33);" class="">, 202-430-7470</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 16pt;" class="">DeLauro Leads 87 Representatives in Letter Supporting U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai’s Worker-Centered Digital Trade Policy</span></b><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><i class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="">Full text of the letter can be found <a href="https://delauro.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/delauro.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/DeLauro%20Rosa%20-%20Letter%20Supporting%20Ambassador%20Katherine%20Tai%27s%20Approach%20to%20Worker-Centered%20Trade%20Policy.pdf" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">here</a>. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><i class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""> </span></i></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">WASHINGTON, DC – </b>Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) led 87 House Democrats, including 13 Ranking Members, in a letter to President Joe Biden praising U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai’s worker-centered digital trade policy.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">“I am proud to lead so many of my colleagues in voicing our support for Ambassador Katherine Tai for holding firm in ensuring our trade policies – especially as it relates to the digital economy – put American workers first,” <b class="">said Congresswoman DeLauro</b>. “With Ambassador Tai, workers can breathe easy knowing that the U.S. top trade negotiator has their back.”<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">“We appreciate greatly Ambassador Tai’s acknowledgement that trade officials should not attempt to preempt Congress on domestic policy through trade negotiations,” <b class="">the Representatives wrote to President Biden</b>. “It is a credit to your presidency that Ambassador Tai is proceeding in a manner that respects Congress’ role in setting domestic policy and that honors your digital competition, privacy, and artificial intelligence (AI) oversight goals, which we also support.”<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">“We also want to commend you for Ambassador Tai’s strong and strategic approach to trade policy with countries who are not our allies, such as China and Russia. Ambassador Tai reasserted our rights to limit the flow of Americans’ data to such countries by withdrawing U.S. support for Trump-era WTO proposals that granted data brokers and digital platforms all but total control of Americans’ data” <b class="">the Representatives continued</b>.<b class=""> </b>“These proposed provisions would have constrained Congress and U.S. government agencies from restricting the flows of Americans’ data for national security or privacy reasons.”<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">87 House Democrats signed the letter led by Congresswoman DeLauro, including: <i class="">Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12), Becca Balint (VT), Joyce Beatty (OH-03), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02), Jamaal Bowman, Ed.D. (NY-16), Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02), Nikki Budzinski (IL-13), Cori Bush (MO-01), Salud Carbajal (CA-24), André Carson (IN-07), Greg Casar (TX-35), Sean Casten (IL-06), Kathy Castor (FL-14), Joaquin Castro (TX-20), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (FL-20), Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09), Steve Cohen (TN-09), Joe Courtney (CT-02), Angie Craig (MN-02), Danny K. Davis (IL-07), Chris Deluzio (PA-17), Mark DeSaulnier (CA-10), Debbie Dingell (MI-06), Lloyd Doggett (TX-37), Veronica Escobar (TX-16), Valerie P. Foushee (NC-04), John Garamendi (CA-08), Jesús G. "Chuy" García (IL-04), Sylvia R. Garcia (TX-29), Dan Goldman (NY-10), Raúl M. Grijalva (AZ-07), Jahana Hayes (CT-05), Val Hoyle (OR-04), Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18), Sara Jacobs (CA-51), Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (GA-04), Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Robin L. Kelly (IL-02), Ro Khanna (CA-17), John B. Larson (CT-01), Barbara Lee (CA-12), Summer Lee (PA-12), Stephen F. Lynch (MA-08), Betty McCollum (MN-04), James P. McGovern (MA-02), Grace Meng (NY-06), Kweisi Mfume (MD-07), Joseph D. Morelle (NY-25), Jerrold Nadler (NY-12), Joe Neguse (CO-02), Donald Norcross (NJ-01), Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14), Ilhan Omar (MN-05), Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), Donald M. Payne, Jr. (NJ-10), Mary Sattler Peltola (AK), Chellie Pingree (ME-01), Mark Pocan (WI-02), Katie Porter (CA-47), Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Delia C. Ramirez (IL-03), Jamie Raskin (MD-08), C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger (MD-02), Patrick K. Ryan (NY-18), Linda T. Sánchez (CA-38), John P. Sarbanes (MD-03), Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05), Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Adam B. Schiff (CA-30), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03), Brad Sherman (CA-32), Melanie Stansbury (NM-01), Mark Takano (CA-39), Bennie G. Thompson (MS-02), Rashida Tlaib (MI-12), Jill Tokuda (HI-02), Paul D. Tonko (NY-20), Lori Trahan (MA-03), Juan Vargas (CA-52), Marc A. Veasey (TX-33), Nydia M. Velázquez (NY-07), Maxine Waters (CA-43), Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12), Susan Wild (PA-07), and Frederica S. Wilson (FL-24)</i>.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class="">### <o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><a href="applewebdata://51248E50-199D-4913-8192-C6984A2D3AEF/delauro.house.gov" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">delauro.house.gov</a></div></div><div class="">
Arthur Stamoulis<br class="">Citizens Trade Campaign<br class="">(202) 494-8826<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">
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