President Joe Biden checked out the big rigs at a Pennsylvania truck factory on Wednesday and promised workers that his policies would reshape the U.S economy for the working class a message clearly aimed at a group of voters who have drifted to Republicans.
MACUNGIE, Pa. (AP) President Joe Biden checked out the big rigs at a Pennsylvania truck factory on Wednesday and promised workers that his policies would reshape the U.S economy for the working class a message clearly aimed at a group of voters who have drifted to Republicans.
Biden highlighted new “buy American” rules from his administration that he said would put a new muscle behind an initiative that he argued had become a “hollow promise” in recent years.
Biden Pitches New Buy American Rules During Truck Factory Visit They got a new sheriff in town,” Biden said after touring Mack Truck s Lehigh Valley operations facility.
Jul 28th, 2021
President Joe Biden speaks during a visit to the Lehigh Valley operations facility for Mack Trucks in Macungie, PA on Wednesday, July 28.
AP Photo/Susan Walsh
MACUNGIE, Pa. (AP) President Joe Biden checked out the big rigs at a Pennsylvania truck factory on Wednesday and promised workers that his policies would reshape the U.S economy for the working class a message clearly aimed at a group of voters who have drifted to Republicans.
Biden proposes stronger Buy American rules to bolster U.S. manufacturing By Spectrum News Staff & Associated Press Washington, D.C. UPDATED 3:45 PM ET Jul. 28, 2021 PUBLISHED 7:54 AM ET Jul. 28, 2021 PUBLISHED 7:54 AM EDT Jul. 28, 2021
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President Joe Biden traveled to a truck factory in Pennsylvania on Wednesday to advocate for government investments and clean energy as ways to strengthen U.S. manufacturing. In recent years, Buy American has been a hollow promise, Biden said at the Lehigh Valley operations facility for Mack Trucks. My administration s going to make Buy American a reality. And I m putting the weight of the federal government behind that commitment.
“The ability to build and sell these new trucks would be helped by the president s proposed investment in buy American production incentives for domestic electric vehicle manufacturing,” said White House deputy press secretary Karine Jeanne-Pierre.
The plant was neatly organized, with the thousands of truck parts organized in aisles and the hulls of half-finished trucks awaiting the president s inspection. The plant was silent other than the whir of fans. Work was halted as part of a two-week hiatus during which Biden visited.
The president won Lehigh County in the 2020 election, but he is facing the perpetual challenge of past administrations to revive a manufacturing sector at the heart of American identity. Failure to bring back manufacturing jobs could further hurt already ailing factory towns across the country and possibly imperil Democrats chances in the 2022 midterm elections.
Updated: 8:21 PM EDT Jul 28, 2021 By JOSH BOAK Associated Press President Joe Biden checked out the big rigs at a Pennsylvania truck factory on Wednesday and promised workers that his policies would reshape the U.S economy for the working class - a message clearly aimed at a group of voters who have drifted to Republicans.Biden highlighted new “buy American” rules from his administration that he said would put a new muscle behind an initiative that he argued had become a “hollow promise” in recent years. They got a new sheriff in town,” Biden said after touring Mack Truck s Lehigh Valley operations facility. He said the effort would help create jobs, a central thrust of his administration s “build back better” program.Administration officials, who have made manufacturing jobs a priority, believe Democrats’ political prospects next year might hinge on whether Biden succeeds in reinvigorating a sector that has steadily lost jobs for more than four de