September 15, 2010

SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS

HEARING NOTICE

 On Wednesday, September 22, 2010, at 10:00 a.m. in room HVC-210 of the Capitol Visitors Center (CVC), the Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs will hold a hearing entitled, “Made in the USA: Manufacturing Policy, the Defense Industrial Base, and U.S. National Security.” Witnesses will be by invitation only.

 This hearing will examine the national security implications of U.S. manufacturing policy, with a focus on the security challenges posed by a shrinking defense industrial base and domestic supply chain. Manufacturing – including the defense industrial base – currently accounts for 12 percent of U.S Gross Domestic Product and 10 percent of national employment. Yet increasingly, the defense industry faces the proliferation of foreign-made and counterfeit parts, outdated technology, and a depleted manufacturing workforce. This hearing will review recent scholarship and research on the challenges facing U.S. manufacturing and the implications for U.S. national security. Witnesses will also be asked to offer their recommendations to improve U.S. manufacturing policy in order to strengthen and protect national defense.