In so doing, they are leaping into the sorry breach created by Rep. Sam Gejdenson (D-CT), chairman of the International Economic Policy and Trade Subcommittee, and his committee colleagues.

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For example, the Subcommittee on Economic Policy and Trade of the House Foreign Affairs Committee which has, under the chairmanship of Rep. Sam Gedjenson (D-CT), forcefully advocated a radical weakening of the existing export control regime has yet to make any inquiries, much less conduct hearings, into this matter.

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The top Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee, which have jurisdiction over trade policy, have supported fast-track renewal, with reservations.

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