[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9172]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            MADE IN AMERICA

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Bentivolio). The Chair recognizes the 
gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fitzpatrick) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. FITZPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, American manufacturing has always been 
the engine driving the American economy. While the recent recession has 
slowed our growth, American manufacturing is poised once again to 
propel our Nation and to propel our families forward.
  My district in Pennsylvania is home to over 700 manufacturing 
facilities that sustain tens of thousands of good-paying, family-
sustaining jobs. The people of Pennsylvania know that when they buy 
American-made goods, not only are they buying quality products, they 
are helping businesses and workers in their neighborhoods and across 
our country.
  With that in mind, last summer I introduced the Made in America Act. 
It is bipartisan legislation that would connect American consumers to 
American manufacturers like never before by creating a definitive, 
standardized definition of ``American-made goods.''
  Michael Araten, the CEO of the Rodon Group based in my district, 
correctly notes: ``The keys to the success of American manufacturing 
are STEM education, abundant energy, and consumers who can easily 
recognize that products they love are made in the USA.''
  By incentivizing manufacturers to meet certain Made in America 
benchmarks for domestic production and providing consumers with 
reliable and easy-to-understand information, the Made in America Act 
can meet two very valuable goals: the reshoring of American businesses 
and jobs, and increasing American purchases of American-made goods.
  ``Made in America'' has always stood for quality, value, and 
ingenuity. With the passage of this commonsense legislation, ``Made in 
America'' can also mean jobs.

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