[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 52 (Wednesday, March 22, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H1319]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         WHAT AMERICA MAKES AND GROWS, MAKES AND GROWS AMERICA

  (Ms. KAPTUR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. KAPTUR. Madam Speaker, domestic manufacturing has always been a 
foundation stone of American prosperity and innovation. That remains 
true today.
  I hail from America's industrial heartland, the Great Lakes and 
Midwest. Our people know firsthand how essential manufacturing is for 
the long-term health and growth of our country.
  What America makes and grows, makes and grows America.
  When manufacturing is at the forefront, working-class families and 
communities succeed. Together, invention and production lift up 
economic growth and build a middle class. That is why I am proud to 
reintroduce the Bipartisan Office of Manufacturing and Industrial 
Innovation Policy Act of 2023.
  This legislation will create an Office of Manufacturing and 
Industrial Innovation to elevate at the highest levels manufacturing 
policy.
  This office will ensure that voices from the manufacturing sector, 
small business, and labor unions are heard.
  It is time for the Federal Government to put American manufacturing 
and workers first.
  This bipartisan legislation does exactly that.

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