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âBuy American.â It sounds like a familiar bumper sticker, like a sign you see in store windows.
Until now. Five days into his term, President Joe Biden signed an executive order requiring federal contracting and procurement come from âAmerican made goods by American workers and with American-made component parts.â The executive order takes substantive steps to close loopholes in existing trade agreements that have long rendered so-called âBuy Americanâ provisions ineffective, while strengthening cross-agency oversight and enforcement.
How well this all works hinges on the enforcement, which is long overdue.
American manufacturing has been in decline for decades, with the federal government playing a frustrating role in its demise. The federal procurement process often leans to the lowest bidder, regardless of country of origin or quality of product. Americans pay the price when this happens. According to an Economic Policy Institute study, ever
The Cleveland City Council approved a resolution “strongly supporting” a request that the U.S. Department of Justice re-open the investigation into the fatal police shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice.
By Tom Moore
May 11, 2021
(Cleveland) - Cleveland City Council voted Monday to join four members of Congress, in asking that the U.S. Department of Justice reopen the case of the shooting death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice by now-former Cleveland Police Officer Timothy Loehmann.
The investigation into possible federal charges was dropped by the Trump Administration s Justice Department. Some said it was a politically-oriented decision.
The resolution was sponsored by Ward 9 Councilman Kevin Conwell, who said it s the right thing to do, saying, It s our right, and our duty, to fight for anyone from the City of Cleveland, said Conwell.
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