*MEDIA ADVISORY*  

Ranking Member Blumenauer to Host Public Roundtable on Destructive De Minimis Loophole   

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Earl Blumenauer will host a public roundtable with expert witnesses on the impact of the de minimis loophole on American businesses, consumers, and international human rights. In June, Congressman Blumenauer introduced Import Security and Fairness Act, bipartisan, bicameral legislation stop non-market economies from exploiting the de minimis threshold and require U.S. Customs and Border Protection to collect more information on de minimis shipments.  

WHO:   

Ways and Means Subcommittee Ranking Member Earl Blumenauer and additional Democratic Ways and Means Committee members 

Andy Warlick, Chairman and CEO of Parkdale Mills 

Nury Turkel, Commissioner on the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom 

Andy Edmiston, Director of Governmental Affairs at the National Association of Police Organizations 

Roy Houseman, Legislative Director at the United Steelworkers 

Michael Stumo, CEO of the Coalition for a Prosperous America 

WHEN:  

Wednesday, December 13 at 3 pm ET  

WHERE:   

Location Available Upon RSVP, Livestream Available 

RSVP:   

Hunter.spence@mail.house.gov (202) 604-7229