In a time when nearly all footwear purchased in the U.S. is made overseas, New Balance in Norridgewock, Maine is producing running shoes for our soldiers
U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and U.S. Representative Bruce Poliquin announced Wednesday that the final 2017 National Defense Authorization Act includes a provision championed by them that will require the Department of Defense to consider athletic footwear subject to the Berry Amendment by providing initial entry service members with American-made athlete shoes upon arrival at basic
A provision to require the military to provide American-made sneakers to personnel upon arrival at basic training has survived an attempt by a South Carolina lawmaker to remove it.
Bruce Poliquin, successfully urged hundreds of his colleagues to vote down an amendment that would have stripped Poliquin’s critical language that supports 900 jobs in Central Maine.