Senators Baucus, Levin, Grassley, Camp, Rangel Introduce Bill to Speed Haiti’s Earthquake Recovery

by Gary Kopycinski on April 28, 2010

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Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 28, 2010. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Sander Levin (D-Mich.), along with Finance Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-Mich.) and Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.) introduced legislation today to help speed Haiti’s economic recovery following the devastating January earthquake that shattered the country’s economy. The Haiti Economic Lift Program (HELP) Act, introduced in both the House and Senate today, expands duty-free access to the U.S. market for Haitian textile and apparel exports and extends existing trade preference programs for Haiti through 2020.