Industry leaders address shortfalls of Build America, Buy America provisions

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Witnesses testify before the Highways and Transit House Subcommittee at a Thursday hearing on the Build America, Buy America Act. Photo by Jonah Elkowitz/Medill News Service WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- Officials from the construction, manufacturing and transportation industries outlined to lawmakers during a subcommittee hearing Thursday the challenges they face in implementing President Biden's Build America, Buy America provision of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The provision, passed as part of the 2021 law, requires that U.S. workers and companies make and produce the iron, steel, manufactured products and construction materials used in domestic infrastructure projects. Advertisement Among...