Congressman Don Manzullo
16th Congressional District of Illinois
Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1993
In his 6th year as Chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Small Business, Manzullo has held more than 60 hearings on the state of manufacturing in America and introduced numerous pieces of legislation to make U.S. companies more competitive so they can expand and create jobs. He also founded the 80-member House Manufacturing Caucus, which he chairs, and he serves on the House Financial Services Committee.
He also chairs the U.S./China Interparliamentary Exchange, which gives Manzullo a forum to engage and challenge China's leaders directly on issues of concern to northern Illinois residents, including fair trade, piracy, human rights violations, Taiwan and North Korea. Manzullo is also a member of the Council on Competitiveness' Steering Committee to the National Innovation Initiative.
His "Agenda to Restore Manufacturing in America" outlines 17 priorities to preserve U.S. manufacturing and put Americans back to work. The plan's highlights include providing tax relief to companies which keep jobs in America; forcing China and the other East Asian countries to stop manipulating their currencies to give themselves an unfair cost advantage over American companies; requiring the federal government to comply with Buy American laws; preserving America's Defense Industrial Base; reducing the surging cost of health care; and many others.
In addition to his national advocacy for U.S. manufacturers and America's 25 million small businesses, Manzullo has championed the needs of his constituents in northern Illinois and secured millions of dollars in congressional appropriations bills to create jobs in the district he represents.