WHAT THEY’RE SAYING: Support for Scalise Manufacturing Bill Grows Ahead of House Vote To Bolster Job Creation

The U.S. House of Representatives will vote today on important legislation that will boost our country’s manufacturing base and create jobs. H.R. 4795, the Promoting New Manufacturing Act, authored by House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA), is a commonsense bill that works to bring jobs and investment back to America. It provides a roadmap to help businesses comply with new or revised air quality standards from the EPA and works to reduce delays in the preconstruction permitting process for new U.S. factories and expansion projects. It’s time to give Americans the job opportunities they deserve, and this bill helps to ensure the American manufacturing renaissance becomes a reality.

The Promoting New Manufacturing Act has received strong support from a broad array of manufacturers and other job-creators. Below is a sampling of the support for H.R. 4795:

American Chemistry Council
“The business of American chemistry is in the midst of an historic expansion made possible by plentiful and affordable natural gas from shale formations. To date, 211 chemical industry projects representing $135 billion in potential U.S. investment have been announced, 61 percent of it by companies based abroad. The new factories and expansions will create hundreds of thousands of well-paying new jobs, strengthen communities, and put money in the pockets of families. Unfortunately, all of these projects must undergo a lengthy and complex regulatory permitting process containing challenges that can delay and even derail the investment. … H.R. 4795 represents common-sense legislation that will expedite shale-related manufacturing in the United States.”

Americans for Tax Reform
“American manufacturing will be needed to rejuvenate the dismal state of the American economy. Unfortunately for Americans, overregulation stymies economic growth by requiring too many permits that take too long to acquire. H.R. 4795 would provide transparency and regulatory fairness which allows new manufacturers to enter the market and for existing businesses to thrive.”

Chamber of Commerce
“H.R. 4795 would be an important step in improving the federal environmental permitting process and reinforcing this country’s commitment to developing and building infrastructure projects and creating jobs.”

Industrial Energy Consumers of America
“The permitting process is antiquated, time consuming, expensive, and fails to meet the challenges faced today by U.S. industry who are in fierce competition with global competitors. H.R. 4795 will make EPA accountable to improve the permitting process.”

National Manufacturers Association
“This oft-overlooked aspect of the regulatory process can provide a great deal of headaches—and at times great cost and delays—for a manufacturer looking to build a new facility, expand an existing one, or even modify an already-operational plant so it can run better. … The Promoting New Manufacturing Act would take positive steps toward addressing several of the preconstruction permitting issues raised by manufacturers. It diagnoses the problem on GHG permitting (if one exists) and provides the best available information so that the EPA and Congress can then decide if steps are needed to improve the process.”

To view a full list of letters and statements in support of H.R. 4795, click HERE.

To learn more about H.R. 4795, click HERE.

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