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On the recordMarch 15, 2011
We're going to manufacture it in America. We're going to grow it in America, and we're going to sell it here and across the world. We can compete with anybody in the world, frankly, given the proper environment. And I have talked to numerous members of the corporate community. I have talked to labor. I have talked to the National Association of Manufacturers. And we are going to pursue this Make It in America agenda because Americans know that we need to be focused on jobs, on expanding opportunity and providing for good wages and good benefits for working American families so they can provide a good life for themselves and their families; and, as a consequence of doing so, will create communities and States and a Nation which will be and will continue to be the envy of the world. Democrats believe, Mr. Garamendi, that when more products are made in America, more families will be able to make it in America, as I said.
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Steny Hoyer
Democratic · Maryland
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govinfo.gov
Mar 15, 2011

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The speaker discusses the importance of the 'Make It in America' agenda for job creation and economic growth.

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