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.
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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.
âYou may have heard that, in Washington âand I was just on the phoneâ it looks like we reached a bipartisan agreement on infrastructure âa fancy word for bridges, roads, transit systems, high-speed Internet, clean drinking water, cleaning up and capping the orphan wells, over thousands of them abandoned, and abandoned mines âand a modern, resilient electric grid to build,â Biden said.
Bidenâs agenda and proposed rule changes are not without opposition, as critics worry the new rules will make it more difficult more companies to work with the government.
âWe know that Americaâs dozens of domestic content requirements create burdens for businesses, decrease competition for government contracts, and increase costs for taxpayers, said Tori Smith, economist at the Heritage Foundation. Existing regulations limit the number of companies that can qualify to bid on government contracts.
US Economy: Joe Biden Unveils New Buy American Proposal
07/28/21 AT 6:49 PM
Speaking at a Mack Trucks plant in Lower Macungie Township, Pennsylvania, President Joe Biden on Wednesday highlighted an initiative to increase the share of U.S.-made parts of products to qualify as Made in America.
Biden is seeking robust changes to the Buy American Act of 1933. The Buy American Act required the federal government to purchase goods determined to be 55% made in the United States. Biden seeks to immediately increase that threshold to 60%, then 65% by 2024, and eventually 75% by 2029.
BUY AMERICA: President Biden announces significant proposed changes to the 1933 Buy American Act, including increasing the percent of a product purchased by the federal government that must be manufactured in America from 55% to 75% and heightened enforcement of the act pic.twitter.com/AV6RZHVDAS— Forbes (@Forbes) July 28, 2021
President Joe Biden Visits Mack Trucks Lehigh Valley Operations
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ALLENTOWN, Pa., July 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Mack Trucks today hosted President Joe Biden at its Lehigh Valley Operations (LVO) facility in Macungie, Pennsylvania, where all Mack heavy-duty models for North America and export are assembled. President Biden stressed the importance of American manufacturing, buying American products and good-paying jobs during remarks made at the facility.
Mack Trucks today hosted President Joe Biden at its Lehigh Valley Operations (LVO) facility in Macungie, Pennsylvania, where all Mack heavy-duty models for North America and export are assembled. Biden stressed the importance of American manufacturing, buying American products and good-paying jobs during remarks made at the facility. Left to Right, UAW Local 677 Shop Chairman Kevin Fronheiser, President Joe Biden and Martin Weissburg, Mack Trucks president, at Mack’s LVO facil