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Thomas Gibson
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Gibson became head of the American Iron and Steel Institute in September 2008, coming to the group from the American Chemistry Council where he served as senior vice president of advocacy. Prior to joining the council, he was senior vice president of government affairs for the Portland Cement Association. Before that, he served at the Environmental Protection Agency as chief of staff and as associate administrator for policy, economics, and innovation. Gibson's government service also includes a stint as majority deputy staff director and majority counsel on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. He served private-sector clients in regulatory and legislative affairs with Don Clay Associates, Inc. He also worked for Raytheon Company and served five years in the U.S. Navy. Gibson received his law degree from Georgetown University. He holds a Master of Marine Affairs degree from the University of Rhode Island and a B.S. from the United States Naval Academy.
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December 7, 2011 12:45 PM
Thousands of Manufacturing Jobs At Stake
Yes, there are thousands of high-value manufacturing jobs at stake related to closing the existing loopholes in the current Buy America law.
To recognize the loopholes that exist, one has to look no further than the travesty that occurred when the multi-billion-dollar San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge project was awarded by the California Department of Transportation to a Chinese steel fabricator. By segmenting the project into a number of so-called 'separate projects', the State of California managed to evade the application of existing Buy America requirements, which require that all steel and iron used to construct federally-funded highway projects be produced in the United States. Here, parts of the bridge received federal funds, but a key span was treated differently so Chinese steel could be used instead.
As the National Steel Bridge Alliance has commented, “If state DOTs can break major bridge contracts into segments and apply Buy America selectively to the segments, than they will be able to structure contracts to avoid American steel completely.&rd
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