[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 57 (Thursday, April 19, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H1980]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   DAN-LOC AND AMERICAN MANUFACTURING

  (Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of small 
business and domestic manufacturing in our district and throughout our 
country and the need for Congress to support manufacturing and job 
creation.
  Last week, I visited DAN-LOC Bolt & Gasket, a bolt and metal gasket 
manufacturer located in our district in Houston. DAN-LOC's products are 
highly regarded for their quality and longevity. They produce for our 
energy industry the bolt like I'm holding right now.
  In recent years, DAN-LOC, like thousands of similar businesses 
throughout our country, has been under attack from cheap and low-
quality competition from overseas that has actually forced businesses 
to either close their doors or make drastic cuts. These foreign imports 
are oftentimes cheaper than the raw materials to produce these bolts. 
They can only do this with illegal subsidies from their governments.
  We can no longer ignore this issue; otherwise, our Nation will no 
longer have a manufacturing sector and the millions of middle class 
jobs it supports.
  Congress needs to remember the hard workers who make these bolts and 
support their jobs.

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