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Cleveland-Cliffs President and CEO Lourenco Goncalves and U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan, D-Highland, came together Monday to call for policies that would benefit the American steel industry.
After Mrvan toured the Cleveland-Cliffs Burns Harbor steel mill, the two held a Zoom press conference calling for the American Jobs Plan infrastructure package, Buy America policies promoting union jobs, trade rules enforcement and a continuation of the previous administration s Section 232 tariffs and quotas. An industry cannot survive if it s only looking at the next quarter or the next year, Goncalves said. Investments have to be made for the next generation. The industry depends on a return on investment in capital. Prices were artificially deflated because of dumping and subsidies. It was absurd. It took consolidation to focus on real jobs and economic development and a sustainable steel industry in this country. We need to take care of good-paying union jobs in the Midwest.
The Congressional Steel Caucus, a bipartisan group that supports the domestic steel industry, is urging U.S. House of Representatives leadership to support Buy America policies in any infrastructure and recovery bills.
âAny federal investment in our public infrastructure must be used to support American workers and American steel and manufacturing industries, Co-Chairman Frank J. Mrvan, the congressman from Northwest Indiana, said. I look forward to continuing to work with the House leaders and members of the Steel Caucus to expand and strengthen Buy America requirements in forthcoming legislation to invest in our economic recovery.â
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"I look forward to continuing to work with all of my House and Senate colleagues to finalize the American Rescue Plan and provide the comprehensive resources that are desperately needed