Ruppersberger Issues Statement About Steel Plant Sale
The Congressman says that steel plant that has helped build this country for 120 years should remain for another 120 years.
U.S. Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger on Friday issued the following statement regarding Wednesday's sale of RG Steel's Sparrows Point stell plant to an industrial liquidator: “The Sparrows Point plant and its steelworkers have produced the steel that has literally built our country for the last 120 years. It could and should continue for another 120 years. With a prime location in one of the best deep-water ports in the United States, one of the country’s largest blast furnaces, a state-of-the-art continuous cold rolling mill and the world’s best workers, it remains a viable operation for a smart buyer with access to raw materials. While this week’s auction did not produce this buyer, it did buy time to find one over the next six months. The…
John T.
10:50 am on Monday, August 13, 2012
Agreed. They derive their power by spending money (ours). The more people beholding to them for a check, food stamps, other programs the more power they wield. Most of these poiticians (public servants) are millionaires, if not before, then after they get into office. It just looks like more and more people are becoming sheep that can't do or think for themselves. more ›