On Monday, A bipartisan group passed $900 billion aid legislation through Congress. The new package includes stimulus checks, something that my colleagues and friends on both sides have favored, including President-elect Biden, who is determined to rebuild our economy.
The post-COVID economic recovery will be front and center in President-elect Biden’s Build Back Better plan. Now, more than ever, Americans understand that our strength as a nation — for both our economic and general well-being — relies on a robust domestic supply chain driven by the American industrial economy that forged the spirit of skyscrapers, bridges and highways across the country.
In my congressional district, which includes areas around Pittsburgh, the steel industry was the backbone of our local economy and the American structural steel industry’s dedication to constant improvement can return to that greatness by expediting and transforming the ways in which we rebuild the economic backbone of our nation.
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