madam speaker , let me thank the gentleman from new york for yielding me this time .  madam speaker , this legislation in front of us today as it relates to china is about one thing and one thing only : providing political cover for those who are reluctant to embrace cafta .  that is all this is about .  it is about outing cafta .  the majority realizes if they simply put cafta on the floor , they do not have even the muscle in this instance to put this legislation through .  so what are we doing instead ?  we are offering a veneer to the american people , a ruse , as it relates to the problems we are having with our trade practices in china .  is there anybody who believes that this is about to alter our trading practices with china ?  we all know it is badly out of balance .  and this legislation makes the problem worse .  currency manipulation in this legislation , no action .  dealing with chinese trade barriers in this legislation , no action .  we are going to monitor and study .  i think that if they put a study in front of this house , we all ought to take a test on it in 2 years .  sit down and we will all pay attention to the test that they offer .  imagine in a serious issue like this , we are going to ask for studies .  safeguards , no action .  subsidies , they create more loopholes than they address .  on customs duties , they have a 3-year , but listen to this , temporary measure to deal with the issue .  this is a sloppy bill .  it is going to do more harm than good .  when it is over , the professors will have their jobs , the trade lawyers will have their jobs , the editorial writers across the country will have their jobs ; but the men and women of organized labor who call this for what it is , they know that their jobs are at risk and they are opposed to this legislation .  it guts trade laws , and it gives more power to wto .  it purports to help solve problems with customs enforcement .  it makes them worse .  it does not require china to make meaningful changes to its policy of currency manipulation .  how much more emphasis can we put on that issue in this institution ?  we need to recalibrate our trading relationship with china .  this will not do it , and everybody knows it .  an emphasis on that term , recalibrate our trading relationship with china .  when we get done with this legislation today , and there is some question as to whether or not they can pass it , i am just going to close on this note .  we have a highly regarded regular order in this institution of the responsibilities of the committee on ways and means , the committee that many members of this institution desire to be on .  you do not go around the committee the way this is being done .  you go through the committee .  you have hearings with a respected tradition in this house of representatives for the committee on ways and means .  you do not do this through the back door .  