{"id":87688,"date":"2017-12-22T11:20:37","date_gmt":"2017-12-22T16:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=87688"},"modified":"2017-12-21T11:23:03","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T16:23:03","slug":"magee-new-york-buy-american-act-invests-in-u-s-manufacturing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=87688","title":{"rendered":"Magee: New York Buy American Act invests in U.S. manufacturing"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_33907\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33907\" style=\"width: 226px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33907\" src=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Bill-Magee.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Bill-Magee.jpg 226w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Bill-Magee-128x150.jpg 128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33907\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bill Magee<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Assemblyman William Magee issued the following statement on the Buy American Act:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cCentral New Yorkers know the importance of supporting local businesses. We visit our local farmers markets and frequent the mom-and-pop stores that line our busy street corners. The signing of the New York Buy American Act into law makes our local-first mentality state policy (<a href=\"http:\/\/assembly.state.ny.us\/leg\/?default_fld=&amp;leg_video=&amp;bn=A08427&amp;term=2017&amp;Summary=Y&amp;Actions=Y&amp;Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&amp;Floor%26nbspVotes=Y&amp;Memo=Y&amp;Text=Y&amp;LFIN=Y&amp;Chamber%26nbspVideo%2FTranscript=Y\">Ch. 451 of 2017<\/a>).<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThis new law benefits both New York and U.S. manufacturers. By putting an emphasis on American-made products, we can create more job opportunities and put money in the pockets of working- and middle-class families.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe measure requires that certain state agencies give preference to American-made steel and iron for road and bridge projects valued at over $1 million, providing a major boost to manufacturing. It also establishes a workgroup to keep track of the policy\u2019s impact as well as look into expanding the provisions to include other American-made materials and products. By reinvesting in U.S. industries, we\u2019re making sure taxpayer money makes a valuable impact right here at home.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe New York Buy American Act is a step in the right direction for New York state and our country. Keeping good-paying jobs and creating new ones is a top priority and I\u2019ll keep fighting to ensure that Central New Yorkers have every opportunity to succeed.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Assemblyman William Magee issued the following statement on the Buy American Act: \u201cCentral New Yorkers know the importance of supporting local businesses. We visit our local farmers markets and frequent the mom-and-pop stores that line our busy street corners. The signing of the New York Buy American Act into law makes our local-first mentality state [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23814,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state","category-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=87688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87688\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/33907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=87688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=87688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=87688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}