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##KeystoneReport: Governor Shapiro challenges the Biden Administration manufacturing job in Butler, PA.Salena Zito, Middle of Somewhere, @DCExaminer, SalenaZito.com

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🗓️ 30 March 2024

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##KeystoneReport: Governor Shapiro challenges the Biden Administration manufacturing job in Butler, PA.Salena Zito, Middle of Somewhere, @DCExaminer, SalenaZito.com

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/pennsylvania-governor-secures-delay-in-rule-that-could-have-closed-steel-plant/ar-BB1kAbZL

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0:00.0

This is I'm glad Michigan and Wisconsin, those three states will be won by the man who is president in 2025.

0:17.0

I welcome Selina Zito of the Washington Examiner of the Wall Street Journal, who's guided me to understand the

0:23.3

criticality of the Keystone State, the centerpiece of our concern right now, the

0:29.2

governor of the state, Josh Shapiro, has written a letter to the Biden administration. the our utilities about constraints today on transformer inventory that is slowing

0:44.3

their ability to install EV charging stations, activate renewable generation

0:49.6

sources, and recover from severe weather events among many other needs.

0:54.0

Furthermore, thousands of hard-working Pennsylvanians in the communities they support

0:59.0

are critical pieces of our economy and Commonwealth.

1:02.0

And I am committed to protecting and creating jobs as I know

1:06.4

you are too. Salina, a very good evening to you. What jobs? What is this? Good evening to you.

1:12.4

Good evening. So he's speaking about the jobs at the Cleveland Clifs Butler Works plants.

1:18.0

This is where these transformers are made. They use grain-oriented steel, have always used a grain-oriented

1:27.0

steel for, I don't know, I think it's been 100 years that they've've been making this and Jennifer Granholm and the

1:35.6

Department of Energy, Department of Energy, into issued a rule that was pending to go into effect that would cost all 1500 people their jobs.

1:47.8

There's also a distribution plant that is tied in with it in Zanzillo, Ohio, they wanted to them to or they wanted to

1:58.0

switch to using amorphous steel which is not readily available in the United States.

2:06.2

In fact, we have to import it from China and Vietnam and it would have made them lose their jobs.

2:15.0

And those jobs right now are in abeyance.

2:18.0

They're still working there.

2:20.0

They're still working there.

2:21.0

The rule was supposed to go to in effect at some point this year or early next year,

2:27.2

which would essentially have shut the plant down and we would have been importing the steel needed to make transformers.

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