U.S. Senator Mark Dayton on Tuesday asked his Senate colleagues to vote for his "Buy American" amendment to the Defense Authorization Bill, requiring the Pentagon to continuing favoring American-made products in its purchasing decisions.
Provisions in the current bill allow the Secretary of Defense to offer defense contractors in foreign countries the same considerations as American companies, effectively eliminating any preference for U.S. companies and products. The Dayton amendment would eliminate those provisions from the bill. A vote is expected early this week, his office said.
"Critical defense needs, such as planes, steel, ball and roller bearings, engines, pumps, etc., could be bought by our own Defense Department and treated as made in the USA, if my amendment does not pass," said Dayton. "This would demolish well paying American manufacturing jobs. U.S. tax dollars sent overseas reap no return on American taxpayers' investment in defending America and the rest of the free world."
The Defense Department's budget is larger than the combined budgets of the next 10 largest spending countries on defense. "Almost 500 billion tax dollars spent on our defense systems should be used for putting Americans to work, not employing overseas contractors," Dayton said.
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"It is one thing for the private sector to export American jobs, but for our own government to do it with taxpayers' money is reprehensible. The Department of Defense should be focused on national security. Do we really want other countries making our defense systems? Don't we want to employ our own citizens in making our defense systems? A vote against my amendment is a vote to export American defense jobs."
A vote on Dayton's amendment is expected early this week, his office said.
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U.S. Senator Mark Dayton on Tuesday asked his Senate colleagues to vote for his “Buy American” amendment to the Defense Authorization Bill, requiring the Pentagon to continuing favoring American-made products in its purchasing decisions.
Provisions in the current bill allow the Secretary of Defense to offer defense contractors in foreign countries the same considerations as American companies, effectively eliminating any preference for U.S. companies and products. The Dayton amendment would eliminate those provisions from the bill. A vote is expected early this week, his office said.
“Critical defense needs, such as planes, steel, ball and roller bearings, engines, pumps, etc., could be bought by our own Defense Department and treated as made in the USA, if my amendment does not pass,” said Dayton. “This would demolish well paying American manufacturing jobs. U.S. tax dollars sent overseas reap no return on American taxpayers’ investment in defending America and the rest of the free world.”
The Defense Department’s budget is larger than the combined budgets of the next 10 largest spending countries on defense. “Almost 500 billion tax dollars spent on our defense systems should be used for putting Americans to work, not employing overseas contractors,” Dayton said.
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“It is one thing for the private sector to export American jobs, but for our own government to do it with taxpayers’ money is reprehensible. The Department of Defense should be focused on national security. Do we really want other countries making our defense systems? Don’t we want to employ our own citizens in making our defense systems? A vote against my amendment is a vote to export American defense jobs.”
A vote on Dayton’s amendment is expected early this week, his office said.