Council on Competitiveness President & CEO Deborah L. Wince-Smith Tells Congress it’s Imperative to Implement a National Manufacturing Strategy (WEBCAST AVAILABLE)

Lisa Hanna
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(Washington, D.C) Council on Competitiveness President & CEO Deborah Wince-Smith testified today before the U.S. House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Subcommittee on Research and Technology and discussed the manufacturing sector as one of the key engines of innovation, wealth generation, job growth and national security.

The focus of today’s hearing was the American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2013, a bill that would bring together the private and public sectors to develop recommendations to revitalize American manufacturing.

“America’s economic portfolio requires a healthy and growing manufacturing sector to tackle the grand macro-economic problems facing the country, like job creation, debt reduction and infrastructure investments,” Deborah L. Wince-Smith, President & CEO, Council on Competitiveness told members of the Subcommittee. “I am pleased that The American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2013 is under consideration today by the Subcommittee, and hope that it continues to make its way through both the House and the Senate.”

The Council continues to hold its “Out of the Blue” Dialogue Series, which began in 2011, to inform the Council’s comprehensive United States Manufacturing Initiative (USMCI) and continues to build off the Council’s seminal national strategy, Make: An American Manufacturing Movement, which presented recommendations and action items to stimulate manufacturing excellence in the U.S. The USMCI has held more than 18 strategic manufacturing dialogues across the country, with more in store.

“Manufacturing is a cornerstone of American independence, innovation, economic prosperity and national security,” said Wince-Smith. “Manufacturing is deeply integrated with services and has a higher multiplier effect on the economy than at any time in history. Understanding the breadth and depth of today’s manufacturing is essential to develop policies that ensure the United States will be competitive in the long-term.

Click here to view a full webcast of the hearing.

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