Some Americans are dissatisfied with the government to purchase flag made in China
Date:2012-07-04Author:adminCategory:International militaryComment:0
[Zhou Xu, reported reporters of the World Wide Web According to the United States, “Seattle Times, July 3, in the American Independence day, some supporters of the” Made in America “again appeal to the House of Representatives passed the nation’s flag Act, to ensure that the federal government to purchase only American-made flag.
According to the U.S. Census and Statistics Department data show that last year, the U.S. spent $ 3.6 million for the purchase of the American flag, of which $ 3.3 million in the national flag is made in China, so U.S. Senators approved the “National Flag Act to support the “Made in America.”
Democrats Shixieluode – Brown from Ohio, the region has many of the American flag manufacturers. He said: “We should make every effort to support U.S. manufacturing, the revitalization of employment, especially with our most cherished patriotic symbol – the American flag on the manufacturing sector.”
reported that is not clear The bill is included in the agenda of the House vote. Federal law currently provides that the flag of the U.S. federal government to buy U.S. materials of not less than 50%. National Flag Act requires that all the national flag of the federal agency procurement from the United States, or even transport from the flag to the material should be 100% from the United States.
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