Minutes for an opening statement. A bedrock tenet of the United States economy. Free flow worldwide has always been a bipartisan goal and to that end im proud to serve as cochair of the Global Investment in america caucus as well as mr. Holden, mr. Himes and mr. Manes. It promotes Global Investment in the United States economy and helps educate members about the importance of Foreign Direct Investment. Today the United States is the largest foreign investor and recipient of the greatest amount of Foreign Direct Investment through the capital is provided a good deal of the energy that has kept her economy vibrant and compensated for the notoriously low National Savings rate to provide the fuel for growth of u. S. Businesses and jobs. On the site of u. S. Workers and jobs are related to foreign men. Most of these jobs pay handsomely, far better than other u. S. Job, but of Foreign Investment is to be a force for good, and must not be welcomed unthinkingly any more than one might be the f