Manzullo Seeks Re-Election
October 26th, 2009 at 01:00pm Bob Trojan
With a sharp focus on putting Americans back to work, Congressman Don Manzullo (R-Egan) kicked off his 2010 re-election campaign today by filing his petitions to continue serving the great people of northern Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives.
A nationally recognized leader in the mission to strengthen manufacturing in America, Manzullo will continue to seek opportunities to create jobs and improve the lives of the people he represents in northern Illinois’ 16th Congressional District. The District includes the counties of Winnebago, Boone, Stephenson, JoDaviess, Carroll, Ogle, most of McHenry County and parts of Whiteside and DeKalb counties.
“It is an honor and a privilege for me to represent the people of northern Illinois in the United States House of Representatives,” Manzullo said. “Our nation is at a crossroads on many issues, and we must focus on the need to put Americans back to work.
“My American Jobs Agenda would create economic opportunities for our entrepreneurs to survive these difficult times, thrive again, and create needed jobs for Americans. It is a stark contrast to many of the job-killing policies Congressional Democrat leaders are pursuing that will penalize employers and put more Americans on the unemployment lines. I seek the opportunity to continue my mission to strengthen manufacturing in America and put Americans back to work. At the same time, I will continue to fight wasteful Washington spending and reckless tax increases that threaten the pocketbooks of the people I represent.”
In Washington, Manzullo serves as the senior Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and the Global Environment, and he’s a member of the House Financial Services Committee. He continues to co-chair the bipartisan House Manufacturing Caucus and he was named Chairman of the Republican Policy Committee’s Task Force on Manufacturing. He created the Export Controls Working Group and was named as a commissioner to the prestigious Congressional-Executive Commission on China, which battles human rights abuses and religious persecution in China.
Through these committee assignments and leadership positions, Manzullo is able to continue his mission to make U.S. manufacturers more competitive at home while leveling the playing field for American workers competing with overseas companies that often do not play by the rules. Most recently, Manzullo has been leading the charge in Congress to protect the U.S. patent system that spurs American innovation and jobs. He is also leading efforts to reform our export control policies to strengthen national security and create jobs for Americans.
In northern Illinois, Manzullo will continue to work with local officials and business leaders on major projects that will provide job opportunities for generations to come. He has helped spur new initiatives in northern Illinois focused on improving transportation, increasing access to health care, protecting children from Internet predators, developing renewable energy, improving education, strengthening manufacturing, bolstering public safety, helping our veterans, and protecting the environment.
Congressman Manzullo annually earns recognition as a “Taxpayer’s Hero” from Citizens Against Government Waste, a “Taxpayer’s Friend” by the National Taxpayers Union, and a “Friend of Agriculture” by the Illinois Agricultural Association. He has also been called “Senior Friendly” by the 60 Plus Association, and he received the “Guardian of Small Business Award” from the National Federation of Independent Business numerous times. He has received several endorsements from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the National Association of Manufacturers has consistently honored him with the “Award for Manufacturing Legislative Excellence.”
In addition, he was recently honored with the “Distinguished Community Health Superhero Award” from the National Association of Community Health Centers, and he received a Certificate of Excellence from the National Breast Cancer Coalition.
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1. steve68 | October 26th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
We hear the same lines from the Manzullo camp every election cycle. He’s working to bring manufacturing jobs back. He wants to make Illinois more hospitable to big business. Over the last 30 years has there been any sign of manufacturing returning to Rockford? NO!! What has he tried to do to encourage growth of manufacturing? He’s spoke against the minimum wage and wants to offer huge tax breaks to corporations. One of the reasons manufacturing left was our sky high electrical rates. When they raised our rates to build all the reactors, Exelon claimed it would give us cheap electricity for our factories to run on. It didn’t. Now we have excess generating power. The excess generating power is just sold to other states. Manzullo used to have an independent streek occasionally. For the last 10 years he has been a reliable vote for whatever direction the GOP pointed.
2. Bob Trojan | October 26th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
I’d offer these as some accomplishments for manufacturing. From my perspective, I’m glad we have a Congressman who does speak for us. That’s a whole lot better than many other Congressmen and Senators who don’t have a clue:
• EIGERlab – Secured more than $15 million for projects and operations at the EIGERlab advanced manufacturing center in Rockford since it opened in May of 2004.
• MARRV — Secured a $175,000 federal grant for the Manufacturer’s Alliance of the Rock River Valley (MARRV), a flexible manufacturing network of small companies that work together on contracts.
• McHenry County flexible manufacturing network and business accelerator – Secured $500,000 in 2005 for the MCEDC to develop a manufacturing flexible network to help small and medium size manufacturers join together to pursue large purchase orders; also funded creation of a technology-engineering assistance program in partnership with Northern Illinois University.
• Mill Race Crossing Industrial Park in Freeport – Helped secured $1.875 million in federal funds for infrastructure improvements to prepare for new manufacturing firms, and Bio-Diesel Plant.
• Manufacturing training program in Rockford – Secured $125,000 to help fund the Manufacturing Career Development and Training program at Rock Valley College, a public/private to develop a curriculum to train future workers for manufacturing careers.
• New Markets — Held multiple seminars encouraging area manufacturers to get more involved with selling their products overseas and contracting with the federal government.
• Keeping jobs in America — As Chairman of the House Manufacturing Caucus, Congressman Manzullo led the effort to reform the U.S. tax code to help manufacturers in the Rock River Valley and around the United States keep jobs here instead of sending them overseas.
• Rescinding the steel tariffs — As Chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Small Business, Congressman Manzullo held multiple hearings and met with high-level Administration officials to convince the President to rescind the steel tariffs that were pummeling steel-consuming manufacturers in the Rock River Valley.
• Belvidere Ag-Tech Park – Secured $1.5 million to help establish facility to commercialize agricultural research for alternative industrial uses.
• Rockford Manufacturing Training Initiative – Secured $200,000 in 2007 appropriations bill to develop and implement a manufacturing training program to provide highly skilled workers for area companies.
• Rockford Marketing Initiative — Secured $1.5 million to support an effort to attract new manufacturing companies to the Rock River Valley.
• Rockford Titanium Initiative – Secured $750,000 to help launch a cooperative R&D project in Rockford between NIU and Acument Aerospace to fund new ways to manufacture titanium fasteners for the military.
• Aerospace Training and Research Center – Secured $300,000 to help establish an aerospace training and research center on the grounds of the Chicago-Rockford International Airport to help spur careers in this growing aerospace manufacturing region.
• Fighting Unfair Chinese Trade Practices – helped level the playing field for American workers by joining with Titan Tire of Freeport and the United Steelworkers to convince the International Trade Commission and U.S. Dept. of Commerce to slap countervailing duties on Chinese tire companies illegally exporting off-the-road tires into the United States.
3. Paul | October 27th, 2009 at 6:18 am
Illinois Unemployment Trends - August 2009
Illinois Unemployment Trends in Heat Map form:
here is a map of Illinois Unemployment in August 2009 (BLS data)
http://www.localetrends.com/st/il_illinois_unemployment.php?MAP_TYPE=curr_ue
versus Illinois Unemployment Levels 1 year ago
http://www.localetrends.com/st/il_illinois_unemployment.php?MAP_TYPE=m12_ue
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