Aderholt Appears at Exxel Outdoors Inc Event

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ADERHOLT APPEARS AT EXXEL OUTDOORS, INC EVENT

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Robert Aderholt (R-Haleyville) appeared today at Exxel Outdoors, Inc. on for a ribbon cutting ceremony and tour of the facility. The event was held at the Exxel Outdoors, Inc. factory in Haleyville, AL.

Congressman Robert Aderholt submitted H.R. 913 the Free and Fair Trade Act on Thursday in the House of Representatives that would protect sleeping bag manufacturing jobs at Exxel from unfair competition overseas. The legislation, a companion bill to S. 433 introduced by Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL), would modernize and reauthorize the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) through 2012, along with the Andean Trade Preference Act.

Other suppliers of sleeping bags and manufacturing companies would benefit from this bill in South Carolina, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Mississippi, New York and New Jersey, among others.

“It was an honor to cut the ribbon on the fourth manufacturing line at Exxel Outdoors, Inc. Their continued success proves that U.S. workers can compete in the global market,” said Congressman Aderholt. The event allowed the Congressman to witness production after cutting the ribbon on the fourth manufacturing line.

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