Who: Panelists:
- Daniella Markheim, Jay Van Andel Senior Trade Policy Analyst, The Heritage Foundation
- Edward Gresser, Director, Trade and Global Markets Project, Progressive Policy Institute
Brief remarks by Affordable Footwear Act primary co-sponsors:
- U.S. Representative Joseph Crowley (D-NY)
- U.S. Representative Kevin Brady (R-TX)
- U.S. Representative Nancy Boyda (D-KS)

When: Wednesday, January 23, 2008, 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.

Where: 121 Cannon House Office Building, Capitol Hill.

Introduced near the close of 2007, the bi-partisan Affordable Footwear Act is growing in prominence and support, with more than 70 co-sponsors. Come learn why at a panel discussion on the hidden, regressive tax American consumers pay on the footwear they buy for themselves and their families. Gresser and Markheim will discuss their recent joint policy paper (PPI / Heritage) regarding the potential direct, positive impact that the abolishment of the import tariffs on lower- to moderately-priced footwear and all children's shoes, collectively known as the shoe tax, would have on hardworking American families. To learn more, visit www.EndTheShoeTax.org.

The members of Congress will be available to the press immediately before the event, and the panelist will be available before and immediately following the event. For more information or to arrange an interview, please contact Dawn Van Dyke at (703)797-9056 or dvandyke@apparelandfootwear.org, or Stephanie Ward at (202)737-5660 or stephanie@fdra.org.

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