Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) senior vice president of government and industry relations Kip Eideberg issued the following statement urging the U.S. House of Representatives to vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill immediately: 

“Equipment manufacturers have left Democrats and Republicans with little doubt where we stand on the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Make no mistake. A vote in support of this legislation is a vote in support of the 2.8 million hardworking men and women of the equipment manufacturing industry. It is also a vote in support of sustained long-term economic growth for all Americans for generations to come. Failure to pass the bipartisan infrastructure bill is not only a failure of bipartisanship, but it is a failure of the constructive governing necessary to move our country forward. We urge Democrats and Republicans to rise above the partisan rhetoric, the blatant misinformation, and the political gamesmanship and send the bill to the President’s desk.”

AEM released a study that shows new potential infrastructure investments made by Congress over the next several years could create more than 100,000 family-sustaining equipment manufacturing jobs and nearly 500,000 U.S. manufacturing jobs overall. The equipment manufacturing industry represents one of every eight U.S. manufacturing jobs currently with 2.8 million men and women and contribute $288 billion each year to the U.S. economy.