[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 47 (Wednesday, April 10, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H1870]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           MAKE IT IN AMERICA

  (Mr. CICILLINE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. CICILLINE. Mr. Speaker, later today, I will join House Democratic 
Whip Steny Hoyer to announce our Make it In America agenda, a 
legislative package that will help reinvigorate our manufacturing 
sector and grow American manufacturing jobs. These bills will help to 
put our country back to work by helping to create good-paying jobs, the 
kind of jobs that built the American middle class of this country.
  Earlier this year, I introduced one such proposal, the Make It In 
America Manufacturing Act, which establishes a competitive grant 
program that will help small- to medium-sized manufacturers retool 
their facilities and retrain their workers to compete in the 21st 
century.
  Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York has introduced a companion 
bill in the Senate that is cosponsored by Senators Jack Reed and 
Sheldon Whitehouse. These are the kinds of commonsense proposals that 
we need to support if we are going to get our economy back on the right 
track and get folks back to work.
  I urge my colleagues to support the Make It In America agenda, and I 
look forward to joining Whip Hoyer for his announcement this afternoon.

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