WASHINGTON — The beleaguered textile industry on Tuesday applauded a new “buy American” law sponsored by freshman Rep. Larry Kissell, though it remains unclear how many jobs will be shifted to the United States because of it.
Some of the nation’s leading producers of yarn and other textiles say the new government business will help stabilize their companies, provide more confidence in future federal work and help them invest in the future.
“Obviously I’m in favor of anything that keeps the textile business alive,” said Martin Foil, chairman of Tuscarora Yarns Inc., which is based in Mt. Pleasant, N.C., and has other facilities in Oakboro and China Grove.
He said he was glad to see the government wasn’t going “overseas with tax dollars, which really ticks me off.”
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