Door Open for China Package Conference
The door is open for Congress to name conferees to negotiate its China package, after both chambers cleared procedural hurdles last week (see 2203290044). Senators expressed optimism Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., would achieve his goal of naming conferees to a formal negotiation before the end of the work period April 8. “We’re going to divide up into areas of jurisdiction, and I’m fairly optimistic,” Senate Commerce Committee ranking member Roger Wicker, R-Miss., said April 1. Asked about the timeline for naming conferees, Senate Commerce Committee Chair Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., told reporters: “Soon.”
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“We’re likely to have this wrapped up before the” end of the week, Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., said. Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Gary Peters, D-Mich., said it should be a “more straightforward process” now that both chambers have taken an official position.
“Nothing is straightforward, but I hope” conference specifics are resolved before the end of the week, Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Mark Warner, D-Va., said. “We have to get the conferees named and get it resolved. I’m as anxious as you.” Schumer’s office didn’t comment. Offices for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., didn’t comment.