Medicare patients should have the right to appeal a Medicare bill that they feel should ve been covered. They should not be treated as if their appeal is a privilege. The International Trade Commission will investigate the competitive conditions in the U.S. foundry-coke market, focusing on the impact of Chinese imports. I requested the investigation after talking with the Erie Coke Corp. officials about how the company has been hurt by China s dumping of foundry coke. The industry s last Section 332 Investigation was done in 1993.
Reports show that Chinese manufacturers continue to flood the U.S. foundry-coke market.
Erie Coke and the domestic foundry-coke industry is struggling against illegal dumping and does not have the resources to fight back. That s when I stepped in. The Tariff Act of 1930 requires industries to conduct their own investigations when they allege a country unfairly trading. Under section 332 of the act, the chairman of the House Ways and Means committee or Senate Finance committee can order the ITC to conduct the investigation. The section 332 investigation is the foundry coke industry s only option.