American foundries make their products with state-of-the-art, energy-efficient processes and pollution control systems. MCA member companies invest significant resources to meet U.S. regulatory requirements. In meeting, and in many cases exceeding, arguably the world’s most exacting and effective environmental, health and safety regulatory standards, our plants are among the safest and most environmentally sound in the world.
Domestic Preferences Reflect U.S. Environmental and Worker Safety Priorities and Laws
When domestic content requirements are applied, they ensure that U.S. materials get a preference in U.S. taxpayer-financed public works procurements. Such requirements thereby also ensure that U.S. environmental and labor standards are not just a burden to U.S business looking to compete in a global economy, but rather a standard for doing business with the globe’s biggest customer.
Federal and state taxpayer dollars should not be used to reward companies who have moved their operations, investment dollars, and jobs to foreign countries, or to reward foreign producers that completely disregard environmental standards, as well as worker and workplace safety standards. Rather, taxpayer-financed government procurements should reward those companies and workers who play by the rules with a commonsense preference to use American-manufactured products in projects financed with taxpayer dollars.