06/26/2012
https://www.congress.gov...
"Manufacturing is responsible for more than 12,000,000 American jobs and is contributing more than $2 trillion to the U.S. economy."
"These manufacturing jobs, because of the wages they pay, help people who come from working class backgrounds make it to the middle class."
"The success of our manufacturing sector is vital to our economy."
"But this will be a federal disaster. If you are going to affect the economies of Washington, Oregon, California and Alaska, it is going to have a devastating impact on the national economy as well."