House Proceeding 05-13-09 on May 13th, 2009 :: 0:38:10 to 0:40:00
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Peter J. Visclosky: i encourage my colleagues to support the rule and the bill. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from california. mr. miller: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from indiana, mr. visclosky. the chair: the gentleman from indiana is recognized for two minutes. mr. visclosky: mr. speaker, i rise in support of h.r. 2187,

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Speech By: Peter J. Visclosky

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Peter J. Visclosky: the 21st century green high-performing public school facilities act, and commend representative chandler, as well as the chair of the full committee, mr. miller and subcommittee chair kildee for their wonderful work on this measure and ensuring that our students have the most healthy and environmentally friendly schools as possible. particularly, i am most pleased that language is included in this measure that requires the

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Peter J. Visclosky: use of american-made iron and steel manufactured goods. last year similar language was included in the legislation as well. last year inpril the congressional steel caucus held hearings on imported steel and their substandard nature in many instances relative to safety. if we are going to be using steel-related products for

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Peter J. Visclosky: schools, we ought to ensure that those schools are safe. this measure does that. in addition to ensuring american quality steel issues to make sure that those students have a safe and healthy environment, it provides a second critical stimulus and that is to help maintain and create jobs in the

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Peter J. Visclosky: domestic steel industry that is losing at an alarming rate. last week steel production across this country was at 42% compared to 91% just a year ago. if school construction projects provided under this act are to be truly safer for our children, the steel used should be made in america.

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Peter J. Visclosky: if it is to be beneficial to the american economy to create jobs, the steel we use in this bill should be made in america