Political Quotes

“So I think one of the things that has become increasingly accepted here is that deindustrialization was a terrible mistake for America. No. 1, it hurt us and wiped out good-paying jobs that we relied on to build strong communities, and the other is it left us vulnerable in our supply chains. And one of the things that is talked a lot about in terms of industries is these provisions called ``Buy American.'' We have laws called ``Buy American.'' I think it is especially important when we are spending taxpayer dollars on propping up an industry that it have strong provisions that do so. What is called the infrastructure bill has $5 billion of American taxpayer funds to build electric vehicle charging stations in the United States, and it has, in that bill embedded, very specific ``Buy American'' requirements that those funds may be used only so that all the iron, the steel, the manufactured products, the construction materials that are used are produced in the United States. It is very simple. It is pretty straightforward. That is what the law reads, both a broader law that already exists and then the provisions of this bill. The Biden administration, after passing this, however, didn't just fail to implement this provision--they were almost a year late in even issuing any findings on it, but they have now come out with this waiver.…”