Immigration
Immigrants helped build America’s manufacturing industry, and immigration reform is essential to our competitiveness worldwide. We need a system that provides certainty for our businesses and dedicated employees, ensures national security, offers compassion and is consistent with our values and our history as a nation of immigrants.
Millennials Rock the Housing Market
December 15, 2021The Wall Street Journal (subscription). Trend reversal: Until recently, millennials born between 1981 to 1996 spurned home ownership—but since 2019, they have surpassed the baby boomers in number and accounted for more than half of all home purchase loan applications last year. Economists suggest that millennial homebuying demands will remain strong for years to come…
ICYMI: NAM’s Jay Timmons Discusses Creators Wanted, COVID-19 Vaccines and Reconciliation on CNBC
August 27, 2021 Read more
Manufacturers Encourage Congress to Find Pathway for Bipartisan Infrastructure Legislation
July 21, 2021Timmons: Bold, historic infrastructure investment will improve all of our lives
Washington, D.C. – National Association of Manufacturers President and CEO Jay Timmons released the following statement on the failure of the cloture vote on the bipartisan Senate infrastructure legislation. “Bold, historic infrastructure investment will improve all of our lives, but it is especially critical to the future of manufacturing in America and to the livelihoods…
Manufacturers React to President Biden’s First Speech to Congress
April 28, 2021Timmons: “Manufacturers are focused on building the next, post-pandemic world.”
Washington, D.C. – Following President Joe Biden’s first presidential address to Congress, National Association of Manufacturers President and CEO Jay Timmons released this statement: “Thanks to the leadership of vaccine manufacturers and the Biden administration’s successful vaccine distribution efforts, Americans are getting back to the activities and the people they love. Though the capacity limits…
Manufacturers Encouraged That Immigration Is Day One Priority
January 20, 2021Timmons: “A Way Forward” provides post-partisan roadmap for immigration reform
Washington, D.C. – Following President Joe Biden’s executive orders and proposed actions on immigration, National Association of Manufacturers President and CEO Jay Timmons released the following statement: “President Biden has made immigration a day one priority. Many of the actions he has announced have been top priorities for manufacturers, and we know that more action…
Manufacturers Outline Executive Action Policy Priorities for Incoming Administration
January 15, 2021Washington, D.C. – The National Association of Manufacturers called on President-elect Joe Biden to help ensure the future strength of manufacturing in America by extending key executive orders into the new administration and rescinding those that have harmed manufacturing. “For decades, we have worked with policymakers from across the ideological spectrum to craft policies that…
Timmons: Immigrants Fill Critical Roles Across Manufacturing
November 19, 2020A Way Forward.” You can watch the full event
