{"id":148054,"date":"2026-03-12T22:15:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T02:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=148054"},"modified":"2026-03-12T22:15:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T02:15:20","slug":"congressman-mackenzie-authors-letter-to-president-trump-requesting-support-for-u-s-cement-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=148054","title":{"rendered":"Congressman Mackenzie Authors Letter to President Trump Requesting Support for U.S. Cement Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"

Order would bolster a PA industry which supports 6,000 jobs and $5 billion in economic output<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Washington, D.C. \u2014 Congressman Ryan Mackenzie (PA-07), representing the Lehigh Valley and the Poconos, has authored a letter to President Trump advocating for an executive order (EO) to support the domestic cement industry. Specifically, the Congressman has requested that the EO designate cement as a Critical National Security Material and require federal agencies to prioritize the use of domestically produced cement in federal procurement and federally assisted infrastructure projects, consistent with Buy American laws.<\/p>\n

Pennsylvania is the sixth-largest cement-producing state in the country \u2014 supporting over 6,000 jobs and contributing nearly $5 billion to the State\u2019s economy. The average Pennsylvania cement employee earns a salary of $105,941.<\/p>\n

\u201cHere in Pennsylvania, we understand the critical importance of our local cement industry,\u201d\u00a0said Congressman Mackenzie.\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cCement suppliers across the commonwealth are helping to build America, empower our workforce, and defend our national security interests. That\u2019s why I\u2019ve asked President Trump to double down on the success of the cement industry by declaring cement to be a Critical National Security Material. It\u2019s time to unleash the full economic potential of one of our nation\u2019s most critical building materials.\u201d<\/p>\n

“The American Cement Association applauds Representative Mackenzie for his strong leadership and commitment to American manufacturing. Cement is the foundation of our nation’s infrastructure, economy, and national security \u2014 and federal recognition of that fact is long overdue. Representative Mackenzie understands what’s at stake for his district and the thousands of hardworking Pennsylvanians employed in this industry, and we are grateful for his efforts to urge the administration to take decisive action. We look forward to working with the White House to build a stronger, more self-reliant America that keeps critical industries like cement thriving here at home,\u201d\u00a0said Sean O’Neill, Senior Vice President of Government Affairs at the American Cement Association.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Read the Congressman\u2019s letter\u00a0HERE<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n

Learn more about the importance of PA\u2019s cement industry\u00a0HERE<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n

Information provided to TVL by:
\nArnaud Armstrong<\/p>\n

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Order would bolster a PA industry which supports 6,000 jobs and $5 billion in economic output Washington, D.C. \u2014 Congressman Ryan Mackenzie (PA-07), representing the Lehigh Valley and the Poconos, … Continue reading Congressman Mackenzie Authors Letter to President Trump Requesting Support for U.S. Cement Industry<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":140534,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-148054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/us-ryan.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148054"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=148054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/140534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=148054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=148054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=148054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}