{"id":21786,"date":"2025-03-20T12:10:16","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T16:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/?p=21786"},"modified":"2025-03-21T14:11:17","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T18:11:17","slug":"salinas-leads-oregon-delegation-in-calling-on-trump-administration-to-protect-american-manufacturing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/salinas-leads-oregon-delegation-in-calling-on-trump-administration-to-protect-american-manufacturing\/","title":{"rendered":"Salinas Leads Oregon Delegation in Calling on Trump Administration to Protect American Manufacturing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Washington, DC<\/strong> \u2013 Today, U.S. Representative Andrea Salinas (OR-06) led the Oregon delegation \u2013 including U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, along with U.S. Reps. Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), Val Hoyle (OR-04), Maxine Dexter (OR-03), and Janelle Bynum (OR-05) \u2013 in a letter to U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, expressing concern about the Trump Administration\u2019s decision to fire dozens of workers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). NIST provides guidance, training, and assistance to American manufacturers to help them grow and stay competitive on the global stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWe write with deep concern regarding reports of significant ongoing and planned layoffs at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. NIST plays a critical role supporting Oregon businesses and workers. Widespread and indiscriminate terminations of hard-working public servants at the agency would undermine our domestic manufacturing industrial base and threaten technological innovation that drives future economic progress,\u201d wrote the members.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Oregon manufacturers contribute nearly $40 billion to our state\u2019s economic output and support over 175,000 good paying jobs in a wide variety of industries, including wood products, aerospace components, and microelectronics. NIST-supported programs like the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP)<\/u><\/a> help drive innovation and deliver critical resources that local businesses need to succeed. In their letter, the members stress how mass layoffs will undermine NIST\u2019s work and jeopardize manufacturing in Oregon and across America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201c<\/strong>President Trump has consistently promised Americans that he will support domestic manufacturing \u2013 and the good jobs that come with it,\u201d the lawmakers continued.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat is why it is so concerning to see that, instead of doubling down on what works, the President is attacking the federal programs manufacturers rely on, calling to repeal the CHIPS and Science Act, and imposing punishing tariffs that will harm American businesses while making everyday goods more expensive for consumers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the full letter below or <\/strong>click here<\/u><\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Honorable Howard Lutnick<\/em>
Secretary of Commerce<\/em>
U.S. Department of Commerce<\/em>
1401 Constitution Avenue N.W.<\/em>
Washington, D.C. 20230<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dear Secretary Lutnick,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We write with deep concern regarding reports of significant ongoing and planned layoffs at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. NIST plays a critical role supporting Oregon businesses and workers. Widespread and indiscriminate terminations of hard-working public servants at the agency would undermine our domestic manufacturing industrial base and threaten technological innovation that drives future economic progress.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oregon manufacturers contribute nearly $40 billion to our state\u2019s economic output and support over 175,000 good paying jobs. These represent a wide variety of industries, producing everything from innovative wood products to aerospace components, to the microelectronics development and manufacturing at the heart of Oregon\u2019s Silicon Forest. NIST is responsible for implementing some of our nation\u2019s most effective and cost-efficient programs to help these manufacturers succeed:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n