AISI Applauds Biden Buy American Announcement

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Kevin Dempsey, president and CEO of the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), issued the following statement in response to President Biden’s proposal today to increase U.S. content in the products the federal government buys and to support the domestic production of products critical to our national and economic security:

“We applaud President Biden for his actions today to strengthen federal Buy American preferences. We strongly support these efforts to ensure federal tax dollars are used to buy products made in America, including by increasing the amount of American-made content that must be contained in a product to be considered made in America. Strong domestic procurement preferences — including provisions to require the use of American steel — are essential to creating and maintaining good-paying U.S. manufacturing jobs and to protecting our national security. And since the U.S. leads the world in terms of clean steel production, using our products benefits the environment as well.”

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Contact: Lisa Harrison

202.452.7115 / lharrison@steel.org

AISI serves as the voice of the American steel industry in the public policy arena and advances the case for steel in the marketplace as the preferred material of choice. AISI also plays a lead role in the development and application of new steels and steelmaking technology. AISI’s membership is comprised of integrated and electric arc furnace steelmakers, and associate members who are suppliers to or customers of the steel industry. For more news about steel and its applications, view AISI’s website at www.steel.org. Follow AISI on Facebook or Twitter (@AISISteel)