Washington, D.C.–Yesterday, U.S. Representative Chip Cravaack (MN-8) secured legislative provisions that will create U.S. jobs, increase U.S. steel production, and ensure that more American steel product is used in federal transportation construction projects. (View the amendment here)

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee is producing a long-term reauthorization and reform of federal surface transportation programs, a key component of the American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act (H.R. 7).  This legislation is the largest transportation reform bill since the creation of the Interstate Highway System.

After the Transportation Committee agreed to the Cravaack amendment, subsequent attempts to gut two-thirds of existing ‘Buy America’ requirements and kill the jobs of 3900 people directly employed  by iron ore operations in Minnesota’s Eighth District were defeated.

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