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Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise to speak in favor of Congressman RAHALL'S Motion to Instruct Conferees to close the loopholes in the Buy America laws. By closing these loopholes, we can create more American jobs, and revive our domestic manufacturing base.
Our economy is still recovering from the worst economic recession since the Great Depression. Today, more than 2.2 million construction and manufacturing workers are still out of work. Let's use this opportunity to get them back to work.
Provisions contained in the Senate amendment to H.R. 4348 will help ensure that the materials used to construct our roads and bridges are produced in the United States. These projects are financed with taxpayer dollars, and we should be using materials produced domestically, not outsourced overseas.
I want to encourage my colleagues to support this motion, and to seize this opportunity to promote our construction and manufacturing industries. By producing and manufacturing domestically, we will create and sustain good-paying jobs in our local communities.
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