The Obama Administration Manufacturing Agenda: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Economic Policy of the Committee on Banking, Housing

About this title: Original publisher: Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 2010. LC Number: KF26 .B394245 2010b OCLC Number: (OCoLC)711774643 Subject: Industrial policy -- United States. Excerpt: ... 11 and access to resources that enhance growth and increase produc-tivity. So thank you both for joining us. Ms. Lamb-Hale, if you would begin. STATEMENT OF NICOLE Y. LAMB-HALE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR MANUFACTURING AND SERVICES, DEPART-MENT OF COMMERCE Ms. L-H. Thank you, Senator Brown. Chairman Brown AMB ALE and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for this opportunity to testify before you today on the President's Manufacturing Agen-da and what we at the Department of Commerce are doing to pro-mote U.S. manufacturing. The Department of Commerce is com-mitted to promoting this important sector. We do this every day by working to create the right business environment to help manufac-turers sustain and grow their companies and create jobs. As you know, in December 2009, the Obama administration re-leased a manufacturing strategy entitled, ' ' A Framework For Revi-talizing American Manufacturing. ' ' The Department of Commerce addresses several of the framework's components, including helping communities and workers transition to a better future. We are working with other agencies, such as the Departments of Transpor-tation and Treasury, as well as the Small Business Administration, to address others. As Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Manufacturing and Serv-ices, also known as MAS, I believe that it is critical to ensure that our manufacturing sector is strong. MAS actively works to ensure that our manufacturing sector is competitive globally. Our pro-grams and partnerships to promote U.S. manufacturing are strate-gically developed to support the needs of the U.S. manufacturing sector and the President's Manufacturing Agenda. MAS industry analysts and economists have extensive knowledge about manufacturing. Based on their economic, statistical, and pol-icy analyses, we provide decision ...

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