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Manufacturing Workers Have a Voice Thanks to I Make America -Featured Image

By: Chris SammonsJuly 16, 2019

A Calder Brothers employee reflects on the impact of I Make America.

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Behind Every Product There's a Story -Featured Image

By: I Make America TeamJuly 11, 2019

A new video series highlights the everyday lives of the equipment manufacturing industry's 1.3 million men and women.

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Photos Tell Workers' Stories -Featured Image

By: I Make America TeamJune 20, 2019

A documentary photographer captures the lives of our industry's hardworking men and women.

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5 ways you can be an advocate for our industry -Featured Image

By: David WardDecember 14, 2018

A few good tips on how to be an advocate for our industry.

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Our Voices Can Make Infrastructure a Priority -Featured Image

By: Tim SempleDecember 6, 2018

Our elected officials do take our voices seriously. We all need to get more involved.

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Town Hall Brings Important Industry Topics to Life -Featured Image

By: Dane ZittritschDecember 3, 2018

The event was really high in energy. It felt like attending a cable TV game show almost.

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Congressman DeFazio Joins JCI for I Make America Event -Featured Image

By: I Make America TeamAugust 7, 2017

As Congress prepares to take up an infrastructure bill, the top Democratic congressman on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee visited Johnson Crushers International (JCI) for a special I Make America event. Congressman Peter DeFazio, the ranking member of the House committee in charge of writing an infrastructure bill, visited the division of Astec Industries […]

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VIDEO: Grassroots Support for Action on Infrastructure! - default image

By: I Make America TeamApril 7, 2017

Over 128,000 attendees at CONEXPO-CON/AGG and IFPE 2017 made one thing loud and clear: They want Washington to act on infrastructure. Check out the video below!

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Major Rural Roads in Poor Condition -Featured Image

By: I Make America TeamJanuary 1, 2016

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Investing in America’s Infrastructure -Featured Image

By: I Make America TeamJanuary 1, 2016

Improving our nation’s highways benefits everyone by reducing time spent in traffic, decreasing money spent on vehicle repairs, making America’s manufacturers more competitive and creating new jobs. Share this infographic to spread the word on the many benefits of investing in America’s infrastructure.

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Voters Support Billions in Infrastructure Projects -Featured Image

By: I Make America TeamNovember 26, 2016

Voters across the country approved ballot measures that could support hundreds of billions of dollars in infrastructure spending on new or existing projects. Initiatives addressing a variety of infrastructure, ranging from transportation projects to water and freight infrastructure, were approved on November 8th. ARTBA reported that voters in 22 states approved some $201 billion in new […]

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Rural Infrastructure – Somebody Made It Happen -Featured Image

By: I Make America TeamNovember 10, 2016

“We take for granted how electricity got to our farms, how phones got to our farms, how our roads got there. But somebody made those things happen,” says Bill Northey, secretary of agriculture for the state of Iowa, in the video above. Northey was the keynote speaker at AEM’s Rural Infrastructure Summit, held in August […]

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