According to WOSU, Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) is urging the Biden administration to stick to American companies for contracts and projects funded under the new $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package.

During a press call Wednesday, Brown argued that money from the “American Rescue Plan” should directly benefit U.S. companies and workers. Existing law gives preference to American companies when it comes to government contracting, but foreign companies can potentially get around those provisions, and bid on an equal footing with domestic companies if their country has a trade agreement with the United States.

“We’re asking him to temporarily suspend trade waivers that could allow foreign companies that do not have American workers or do not pay American taxes to bid on projects funded by the rescue plan,” Brown explained. “We need to make sure those supplies are made in America and support jobs in Ohio and around the country.”

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