THE WESSEL GROUP INCORPORATED for MCWANE, INC.

Manufacturing MAN

National and homeland security implications of declining manufacturing base; Issues surrounding the development of critical infrastructure manufacturing base; Buy America policies and implementation of such policies, and funding levels, for water infrastructure programs including the Clean Water State Revolving Fund, Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, Water Infrastructure Financing and Innovation Act, Rural Utilities Service, and Community Development Block Grant program in bills including potential energy and climate legislation including the CLEAN Future Act and LIFT America Act, the Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act, the Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act, FY2022 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bills, FY2022 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bills, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bills, and potential infrastructure legislation; Implementation of Executive Order 14005 (Executive Order on Ensuring the Future Is Made in All of America by All of Americas Workers), Executive Order 14008 (Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad), and Executive Order 14017 (Americas Supply Chains); Treatment of ductile iron utility poles in disaster and mitigation legislation; Legislative efforts to promote the rebuilding and expansion of infrastructure and promoting the use of domestically produced materials; Issues surrounding infrastructure investment programs, and support for domestic procurement policies, in potential economic stimulus legislation including the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (PL 117-2)

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