[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 112 (Wednesday, June 17, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3065-S3066]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

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SENATE RESOLUTION 625--ENCOURAGING THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PEOPLE OF THE 
                   UNITED STATES TO ``BUY AMERICAN''

  Mr. SCOTT of Florida (for himself, Ms. Baldwin, Mrs. Loeffler, Mr. 
Murphy, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Brown, Mrs. Capito, Ms. Smith, Mr. Peters, Ms. 
Stabenow, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Hawley, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Reed, and Mrs. 
Feinstein) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation:

                              S. Res. 625

       Whereas, on July 15, 2019, President Donald J. Trump signed 
     Executive Order 13881 titled

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     ``Maximizing Use of American-Made Goods, Products, and 
     Materials'' (84 Fed. Reg. 34257), which would enforce the Buy 
     American Act of 1933 (41 U.S.C. 8301 et seq.) to the greatest 
     extent permitted by law;
       Whereas American-made products are developed under strict 
     regulations and undergo testing to ensure their compliance 
     with the highest safety standards;
       Whereas American-made products are produced by workers 
     under a regulatory framework that supports fair wages and 
     safe working conditions;
       Whereas purchasing American-made products not only bolsters 
     American manufacturing, it also supports communities and 
     families throughout the United States;
       Whereas, according to the Manufacturing Institute, each 
     dollar spent in sales of manufactured products supports $1.33 
     in output from other sectors of the economy;
       Whereas, according to a 2019 report by the Economic Policy 
     Institute titled ``Updated employment multipliers for the 
     U.S. economy'', every direct durable manufacturing job 
     supports more than 7 indirect jobs in other areas of the 
     economy, and every direct nondurable manufacturing job 
     supports more than 5 indirect jobs in the economy;
       Whereas, according to a 2017 poll conducted by Reuters and 
     Ipsos, when buying products, nearly 70 percent of Americans 
     find it important that the products they buy were made in the 
     United States;
       Whereas strengthening American manufacturing improves both 
     the quantity and the quality of employment in the United 
     States, produces innovation and the seeds for future 
     industries, and supports the global competitiveness of the 
     United States;
       Whereas a strong American manufacturing base is essential 
     to both a healthy economy and to revitalizing the United 
     States economy as it recovers from the global COVID-19 
     pandemic;
       Whereas a strong domestic supply chain is critical to 
     national security and public safety;
       Whereas the global COVID-19 pandemic presented significant 
     challenges for the globally interconnected supply chain of 
     medical products and has heightened the need for supply chain 
     security of a variety of critical materials and products;
       Whereas the United States should strengthen and diversify 
     the security of critical supply chains by prioritizing 
     American manufacturing and production, and when necessary 
     work closely with trusted allied nations to ensure global 
     cooperation in times of need; and
       Whereas, regarding the manufacturing of critical medical 
     supplies and products essential to national security, the 
     United States must decrease its dependence on foreign nations 
     and boost domestic manufacturing to increase the national 
     stock piles to ensure the United States has a healthy 
     domestic industrial base that can handle any future surge in 
     need for these supplies: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That--
       (1) it is the policy of the United States to ``Buy 
     American'';
       (2) the Senate supports American manufacturing and 
     strengthening our American manufacturing base; and
       (3) the Senate encourages Americans to ``Buy American'' 
     products and materials to the greatest extent possible.

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