Senator Ayotte Tours Mercury Systems in Hudson, Urges Passage of Trade Bill to Help Create NH Jobs

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U.S. Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) recently toured Mercury Systems, which employs about 170 workers at its 100,000 square foot location in Hudson. During the tour, Senator Ayotte highlighted her support for bipartisan legislation to renew Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), a tool that will help increase American trade and help New Hampshire businesses create jobs.

"I appreciated the opportunity to visit workers at Mercury Systems, where I heard firsthand about how the trade bill would help give their company fair and equal access to sell their goods and services in new markets, thereby creating more jobs in New Hampshire," said Senator Ayotte. "I fully support renewing Trade Promotion Authority in order to increase American trade and create jobs in New Hampshire, and I'm hopeful the Senate will approve the bill this week."

TPA expired in 2007 and has not been renewed since. TPA is a tool that would improve U.S. negotiating power when it comes to trade deals, increase transparency, and protect and elevate Congress' role in the trade negotiation process. Without TPA, any administration can negotiate a trade agreement on their own terms without clear direction from Congress. The TPA legislation was previously approved by the Senate Finance Committee on a bipartisan basis.

Mercury Systems opened the Hudson location in April of 2014 with a workforce of 70 individuals, which has now more than doubled. Mercury Systems designs and builds defense and commercial electronics including radar, electronic warfare and signals intelligence, and sonar systems.

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