Issue Position: Protect Steel Jobs

Issue Position

As the Vice Chairman of the Congressional Steel Caucus, Pete has been a champion for the Northwest Indiana steel industry, and has been instrumental in ensuring Buy America requirements are in place to ensure that American taxpayer dollars use exclusively American-made iron and steel.

For example, Pete has introduced legislation that would require the Department of Transportation, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of Defense, to use only American-made iron and steel. Pete also successfully amended stimulus legislation to require the use of American iron, steel, and manufactured goods. The success of our economy recovery is dependent on a strong manufacturing base, and Pete will continue to see that Northwest Indiana steel is the backbone of the recovery.

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