Honorable John McCain
United States Senator, Arizona, Republican
John McCain was first elected to the U.S. Senate in November 1986 and was the Republican presidential nominee in 2008. He is the ranking minority member on the Senate Committee on Armed Services. The following is excerpted from the February 4, 2009, Senate floor debate on H.R. 1, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. I rise to offer an amendmentthat would strike the protectionist Buy American provision from the pendingeconomic recovery package. While the supporters of this provision state thatthey intend it to save American jobs, it would have exactly the oppositeeffect, causing great harm to the…
