National Security

The annual defense authorization bill includes proposals to tighten specialty metals procurement, identify industrial chokepoints and prepare for the SHIPS for America Act.

We should be industrializing now, before the next crisis leaves the country even more exposed.

"That's not a trade policy problem. That's a medical readiness problem and it's a national security problem."

Defense official tells the U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services about the need for a resilient domestic mining and processing industry.

AAM urges the Trump administration to focus on improving compliance with and strengthen enforcement of duties on steel and aluminum imports. The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on a set of Trump...

The STOP China Act would prevent federal financial assistance awarded by the U.S. Department of Transportation from flowing to companies backed by the Chinese government. In late 2019 Congress passed...

The effort looks to close loopholes in an important law passed in 2019.

Concerns over a languishing crucial industry could spur congressional action to do something about it.

Seventy Members of Congress ask the Biden administration to "consider strong and effective remedies" to rebuild America's languishing shipbuilding sector.

China has tripled its share of Mexico's auto market since the start of the decade. That poses a national security risk to both the United States and Mexico, the lawmakers argue.