Paul Ryan: “Mr. Speaker, this is a dire issue for America. I come from Wisconsin, which arguably has the most manufacturing jobs…”

“Mr. Speaker, this is a dire issue for America. I come from Wisconsin, which arguably has the most manufacturing jobs lost per capita to any other State in the country. There is a fact that the economic recovery that is under way in America is not necessarily going through manufacturing. We have bled manufacturing jobs, especially over the last couple of years. And when you boil it down and look at what is going on in manufacturing, there are two areas we have to focus on. Number one, we have to stop pushing jobs overseas. We have to lower health care costs, lower the tax rates on American manufacturers, cut down the regulatory and lawsuit costs, make energy costs cheaper and more affordable and more reliable. But we also have to work at stopping countries from unfairly taking jobs overseas. That is what this resolution is all about.”