Sessions Helps Secure Senate Passage Of Legislation To Save Manufacturing Jobs In Alabama
By: Stephen Crews
Updated: September 24, 2012
U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) issued the following
statement today after the U.S. Senate passed H.R. 4850, the Enabling Energy Savings Act, on Saturday morning:
"We
recently became aware of a federal requirement that was placing jobs
at risk in Alabama. This requirement dictated that walk-in freezer doors
had to use foam insulation, and as a result, it triggered a steep
drop-off in orders of other kinds of walk-in freezer doors including
those made by HH Technologies, Inc., which is a family-owned
business in Bremen, Alabama. This was a life and death issue for this
Alabama small business which provides a valuable product for our country
and jobs in its community. The tragic irony is that, even though the
Alabama product is believed to be superior, less
costly, and more energy efficient than many of the freezer doors that
use foam insulation, federal law essentially removed these Alabama-made
doors from the marketplace.
The
bill we were able to pass this weekend will simply allow the Alabama
company to compete. I am very pleased that we were able to obtain
passage of this important legislation in a Senate energy bill, and I
look forward to working with Congressman Aderholt and other members of
Congress to ensure that this important bill becomes
law as soon as possible."
U.S.
Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) serves on four Senate committees:
Armed Services, Judiciary, Environment and Public Works, and as Ranking
Member of the Budget Committee. Visit Sessions online at his website
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