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Congress Can Reduce America's Dependence on Foreign Oil, Create Jobs, and Boost the Economy by Passing the 'Infrastructure Jobs and Energy Independence Act'
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(OPEN):
HOW CAN THE U-S DECREASE ITS DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN OIL--WHILE, AT THE
SAME TIME, CREATING JOBS AND BOOSTING THE ECONOMY? ACCORDING TO
U-S STEEL CHAIRMAN AND C-E-O, JOHN SURMA [AS IN
"BURMA" AND "SURMISE"], BY IMMEDIATELY PASSING REPRESENTATIVE TIM
MURPHY'S BIPARTISAN "INFRASTRUCTURE JOBS AND ENERGY INDEPENDENCE
ACT"...
(SURMA):
"THE
BILL WOULD EXPAND ACCESS TO AMERICA'S DOMESTIC OIL AND NATURAL-GAS
RESOURCES--AND USE THE REVENUE THAT IS GENERATED TO REBUILD AMERICA'S
TRANSPORTATION-SYSTEM. FULLY UTILIZING OUR NATURAL-GAS RESOURCES
IS VITAL TO REDUCING ENERGY-COSTS FOR DOMESTIC MANUFACTURERS--INCLUDING
THE STEEL-INDUSTRY--WHICH SUPPORTS MORE THAN ONE-MILLION DIRECT
AND INDIRECT JOBS IN THE ECONOMY. ALSO, THE STEEL-PIPE AND -TUBE
PRODUCTS THAT U-S STEELMAKERS PRODUCE ARE INTEGRAL TO BOTH THE
COLLECTION AND THE TRANSMISSION OF NATURAL-GAS. SO, USING MORE
NATURAL-GAS WOULD MAXIMIZE KEY MARKETS FOR OUR STEEL-INDUSTRY.
BEYOND THAT, THIS BILL WOULD ALSO DEDICATE VALUABLE FUNDING TO REBUILD
OUR NATION'S TRANSPORTATION-INFRASTRUCTURE. PASSING THE BILL WOULD
BE A KEY STEP FORWARD IN ADDRESSING OUR NATIONAL ENERGY- AND
TRANSPORTATION-CHALLENGES--WHILE ALSO CREATING GOOD-PAYING
MANUFACTURING-JOBS. GIVEN THE PERSISTENT UNEMPLOYMENT-RATE OF OVER
NINE-PERCENT, CONGRESS NEEDS TO ACT NOW."
(CLOSE):
FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT
"STEEL"-DOT-ORG.
