SUSAN C. SCHWAB TO BE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE -- (Senate - June 08, 2006)
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Ms. MIKULSKI. Mr. President, I speak today in support of the nomination of Dr. Susan Schwab to be the U.S. Trade Representative. I have known Susan for a long time and have seen her great leadership and vision as dean of the University of Maryland School of Public Policy. As dean, Susan helped the school grow into one of the top public policy programs in the Nation.
I support fair trade, so American workers can compete. Dr. Schwab has demonstrated her commitment to this approach and to ensuring our Nation's economic competitiveness. Our top trade representative needs to be tough, smart, and have experience standing up for American interests. Dr. Schwab clearly fits that bill as well.
Dr. Schwab's qualifications for this position are first-rate. She is a former Foreign Service officer, serving in the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo and as a trade negotiator at the USTR. The experience of serving on the front lines of an office she will now help lead is particularly important. Dr. Schwab also has extensive experience in both the legislative and executive branches of the Federal Government. She was legislative director for Senator John Danforth and served as Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Director-General of the U.S. & Foreign Commercial Service in the first Bush administration.
In addition to her practical experience, Dr. Schwab is accomplished academically. While dean of the Maryland School of Public Policy, she taught a variety of graduate courses on U.S. trade policy and international relations. Dr. Schwab received her Ph.D. in public administration and international business from the George Washington University. She holds a master's in development policy from Stanford University and a bachelor's from Williams College.
I ask my colleagues to join me in supporting this nomination.
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