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Dick Durbin's Public Statements on Issue: Trade

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03/08/2022 Tweet - "I applaud @POTUS 's choice to ban Russian oil imports. We cannot continue to purchase millions of barrels of oil to help fund Putin's war. This is another important step in tightening economic pressure on Putin and his cowardly enablers and helping the brave Ukrainian people."
03/06/2022 Tweet - "Stop Russian oil exports to the United States. They represent only 4% of our oil needs but 14% of Russian world exports. We cannot let U.S. dollars fund Putin's devastating invasion of Ukraine."
03/06/2022 Tweet - "I am cosponsoring a bipartisan Senate bill to ban Russian energy imports in the United States. We cannot subsidize Putin's unprovoked and unjustified invasion of Ukraine."
06/08/2021 Tweet - "We cannot afford to allow our nation's essential supply chains to wither any further. Glad to see the Biden Admin. is making an effort to strengthen them--but Congress needs to act as well. And that starts by passing the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act."
06/07/2021 Tweet - "This is why it is so important for the Senate to pass the bipartisan U.S. Innovation and Competition Act. We must secure our essential supply chains so that they are resilient during crises and shortages."
06/02/2021 Tweet - "The Senate should pass my bipartisan amendment with @SenBillCassidy to support domestic PPE manufacturers who stepped up in response to COVID-19. Our PPE in America Act will ensure our health care heroes do not face shortages of masks, gowns & gloves again."
05/20/2021 Tweet - "Just filed a bipartisan amendment w/ @SenBillCassidy to support manufacturing of PPE in the USA. It will prevent supply chain shortages & boost domestic production. I'm pushing for its inclusion in the U.S. Innovation & Competition Act, which the Senate is currently considering."
03/25/2021 Tweet - "Despite the strong demand for American products and services, China and others have been busy building markets on the African continent and the U.S. is being left behind. Today I am joining a bipartisan group of Senators to introduce a bill to increase U.S. exports to Africa."
03/20/2021 Tweet - "My Innovation Centers Acceleration Act with @ChrisCoons will reimagine how we invest in economic development and innovation in American cities. This is the kind of forward-thinking we need to help us compete with countries like China on the world stage."
01/14/2021 Tweet - "President Biden has selected a tested leader in Tom Vilsack to once again lead the @USDA. I look forward to working closely with him to revitalize the markets and trade relationships that were damaged by the Trump Administration's scorched-Earth trade policies."
09/16/2020 Tweet - "I spoke with @GrowthEnergy today & heard about how the President's trade policy with China & refinery waivers that have harmed the biofuels industry. Biofuel producers need allies in the Senate & I'm proud to keep fighting on their behalf."
02/10/2020 Tweet - "Farmers need trade aid payments, but once again, @USDA overcompensated southern cotton growers whose market losses are smaller & whose prices have gone up, getting more aid on a county-by-county basis than Illinois' soybean farmers."
01/16/2020 Tweet - "The USMCA will support Illinois' economy, provide more certainty to agriculture, & improve trade relationships with Canada & Mexico, our top trading partners. Glad the Senate voted today to pass this agreement on a bipartisan basis, with the support of business, labor, & farmers."
01/14/2020 Tweet - "While China must be accountable for unfair trade practices, the President's trade war has seriously hurt farmers. In our meeting today, I spoke w/U.S. Amb. to China Brandstad about recommitting to our farmers & providing the certainty they need to rebound from a difficult 2019."
01/13/2020 Tweet - "Yesterday I joined @ILAFLCIO and @ILFarmBureau at @BRANDT_co in Springfield to discuss the USMCA trade agreement. Important changes make it better for Illinois farmers, manufacturers, & workers while strengthening labor protections and fair treatment of U.S. products."
01/08/2020 Tweet - "Proud to announce my support for the USMCA trade agreement. It's not perfect, but it's a step forward & I'm glad it is bipartisan. Mexico & Canada are Illinois' top trading partners--especially for agriculture. The USMCA will extend that already productive relationship."
12/05/2019 Tweet - "Illinois farmers have faced one of the toughest years in memory, partly due to weather beyond their control, but also because of President Trump's trade games with China. Farmers need certainty, not uncertainty, with such an important market."
11/26/2019 Tweet - "I urge Pres. Trump to immediately sign the Hong Kong Human Rights & Democracy Act. We must send a clear and strong message that the entire U.S. government supports the democratic ambitions of the people of Hong Kong. This must not become a bargaining chip in trade negotiations."
11/25/2019 Tweet - "The President's failed trade war is crushing soybean farmers in Illinois. And yet the Trump Admin. is giving cotton farmers in the south - who have experienced far less losses by comparison - up to twice as much in trade aid. Is @USDA playing it straight?"
11/18/2019 Tweet - "Illinois soybean farmers are hurting from the President's trade war with China. Worse yet, in trade aid payments per acre, the top five states are all in the South, with Georgia ranked first. Cotton was barely touched by the Trump-China trade war, but soybeans were clobbered."
11/14/2019 Tweet - "Today @ADMGrain shared with me their difficulties with the China trade war, the @EPA refinery waivers that damage biodiesel demand, and the biodiesel tax credit."
11/13/2019 Tweet - "The President's trade wars are hurting all farmers, but for some reason Pres. Trump's USDA is helping out cotton farmers more than soybean farmers."
09/30/2019 Tweet - "This morning I heard from Illinois companies about how the President's reckless trade policies are impacting their work. It's clear that American businesses, consumers, and farmers are feeling the brunt of the President's tariffs."
09/13/2019 Tweet - "When I sat down with @ILFarmBureau, they told me how the President's unpredictable trade strategies are hurting IL farmers. I've never seen them so worried. It's time for Pres. Trump to stop playing games with our biggest agricultural markets, and let our farmers succeed again."
09/11/2019 Tweet - "It was a sweet treat to talk with Illinois members of @CandyUSA today about the Trump Admin's trade policies, solving the multiemployer pension crisis, and reforms to the U.S. sugar program."
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