	rostenkowski opposes protectionist  bill house ways and means committee chairman dan rostenkowski said congress must avoid a temptation to pass a protectionist  bill this year in remarks prepared for delivery before the national press club rostenkowski d ill predicted major  legislation will be sent to president reagan by the end of this year but he warned that his conciliatory message on the  bill did not mean he would oppose a proposal that would warn other countries their access to the american market would be curtailed unless they opened their markets to u s goods complaints about foreign  restraints are not a smoke screen for protectionism they a plea for fairness rostenkowski said it is only reasonable to ask the nations that have denied us access to open up in return for continued freedom in the american market he added however he said there would likely be changes in the market access proposal from the plan which cleared the house last year that plan would have set a specific time table for foreign countries to ease import restraints or they would face a pct cut in exports to the united states reuter 
