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Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) last week introduced the Patriot Corporations of America Act of 2011 (H.R. 1163), legislation that would require federal agencies to give preference to companies that produce at least 90 percent of their products and services within the United States, among other criteria, when evaluating contract proposals. The bill also would require the establishment of a process for certifying businesses as "Patriot" corporations. The measure has been referred to the House Committees on Ways and Means and Oversight and Government Reform.
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As a small retail business owner, I have found that items made in the USA are often not marked so. Whereas imported products are required to be marked. I asked one of my suppliers why he did not mark his products made in the USA, or in his case, made in NH USA. I think people would be inclined to buy US manufactured goods if they knew, and I myself recently purchased some USA made gardening equipment. Buy USA!
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