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June 23, 2005

Hearings

Hearing on U.S.-China Trade Impacts on the U.S. Defense Industrial Base

Hearing Cochairs: Commissioners Michael Wessel, William Reinsch, and Larry Wortzel

June 23, 2005
124 Dirksen Senate Office Building
1 st Street and Constitution Avenue, NE
Washington, DC

HEARING AGENDA HTML | PDF

OPENING STATEMENTS

  • Opening Statement by Chairman Richard D'Amato (HTML) (PDF)
  • Opening Statement by Vice Chairman Roger W.Robinson, Jr. (HTML) (PDF)
  • Opening Statement by Commissioner Michael Wessel (HTML) (PDF)
  • Opening Statement by Commissioner William Reinsch (HTML) (PDF)
  • Opening Statement by Commissioner Larry Wortzel (HTML) (PDF)

PARTICIPANTS and TESTIMONY: (Click on a name to read participants bios and the remark icon link to read prepared remarks in an HTML page or a PDF file by clicking the link associated with each individual)

9:30-10:00 am Congressional Perspectives

10:00-11:30 am Administration Views

  • The Honorable Peter Lichtenbaum, Acting Under Secretary for Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce (HTML) (PDF)

11:30 am -12:30 pm The Defense Industrial Base and the 21 st Century Warfighter

1:30-3:00 pm The Aerospace, Manufacturing Technology, and Specialty Metals Industrial Base

  • Mr. Pierre Chao, Director of Defense Industrial Initiatives, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC

    (PDF)
  • Dr. Paul Freedenberg, Vice President – Government Relations, Association for Manufacturing Technology, Washington, DC (HTML) (PDF)
  • Dr. Jack Shilling, Executive Vice President, Corporate Development and Chief Technical Officer, Allegheny Technologies, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (HTML)

3:00-4:30 pm The IT, Semiconductor, and Shipbuilding Industrial Base

  • Dr. William Howard, Chairman, Defense Science Board Task Force on High Performance Microchip Supply, Defense Department
  • Dr. James Lewis, Senior Fellow and Director, Technology and Public Policy Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC (HTML) (PDF)
  • Ms. Amy Praeger, Director of Legislative Programs, American Shipbuilding Association, Washington, DC (PDF)