Ourfuture.org blogger Dave Johnson wrote about ManufactureThis‘ coverage of yesterday’s Capitol Hill hearing on H.R. 4692, the National Manufacturing Strategy act of 2010. 

At the hearing, AAM Executive Director Scott Paul testified in front of the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection on the importance of passing H.R. 4692 into law in order to develop a sustainable manufacturing policy to bolster the nation’s dwindling economy.

Johnson quoted part of Paul’s testimony:

“The idea of a manufacturing strategy is hardly a radical concept. Alexander Hamilton constructed America’s first industrial policy in 1791. Setbacks during the War of 1812 due to a lack of domestic capacity to build naval vessels and military equipment cemented the determination of the federal government to grow manufacturing, a policy that continued until the end of World War II.”

To assure readers who are typically disinterested in the drudgery of Hill hearings, Johnson claims, “this really is something that is interesting and important because it is about jobs, debt, trade, national security and making things in America.”

Read more here and see our liveblog from the hearing here.

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