Make It In America: Manufacturing Matters

Make It In America: Manufacturing Matters

Officials Declare “This is the Moment” for Manufacturing. Manufacturing got some love on Capitol Hill on Valentine’s Day.

Representative John Garamendi (D-CA), Representative Paul Tonko (D-NY) and Representative Jason Altmire (D-PA) discussed the President’s 2013 budget proposal. And manufacturing is written all over it. It’s seen as one of the ways to bring America back to the leading edge of the world’s economies.

Here are some favorite excerpts from the discussion:

“We care about manufacturing, we care about small and medium-sized businesses, and that we are going to see that as the springboard to the economic recovery.”

“We have to keep our eye on this particular prize, and that's rebuilding the American manufacturing sector.”

“This is the moment for us to move forward by reigniting the American Dream, doing it through small and medium-sized business, the pulse of the American enterprise, investing in those dreamers, those movers, those builders, those entrepreneurs, and then resulting in a thriving middle class."

“We appreciate the Representatives for their thoughtful discussion of Manufacturing in America, including the contributions of the MEP program.”

“Over the last year, my colleagues and I have been talking about the key ladders to success, those things that create opportunity in America. And certainly, they're education, the research, the manufacturing, the infrastructure, and the opportunities that come with them.”

“Our colleagues understand the relationship that exists between manufacturing and R&D, research and development. And it's critical that we look at those together, because of the discussion that we're having in this country about why, over the past several decades, we've lost so much in manufacturing.”

“We have to continue to make that investment in R&D because, if we don't do it, other countries will--and they are.”

“And if we expect to compete in a global economy, if we expect to get back our lead in manufacturing, which we are starting to do, it has to begin at that first stage of innovation, of research and development, creating new products, leading to new ways of manufacturing.”

A full transcript of the discussion can be found on the attached link.

http://capitolwords.org/date/2012/02/14/H715_make-it-in-america-manufacturing-matters/