{"id":148410,"date":"2026-03-30T21:46:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T01:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=148410"},"modified":"2026-03-30T21:46:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T01:46:24","slug":"a-shoutout-to-congressman-ryan-mackenzie-for-supporting-pas-cement-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/?p=148410","title":{"rendered":"A Shoutout to Congressman Ryan Mackenzie for Supporting PA\u2019s Cement Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Shoutout to Congressman Ryan Mackenzie for Supporting PA\u2019s Cement Industry<\/strong><\/p>\n

On behalf of the cement plant workers in Pennsylvania\u2019s 7th Congressional District, we write to express our sincere gratitude to Representative Ryan Mackenzie for his steadfast support of our industry. We deeply appreciate that Congressman Mackenzie recently sent a letter to President Trump asking him to issue an Executive Order to bolster the nation\u2019s cement industry.<\/p>\n

Our district is home to four cement plants. Cement manufacturers throughout the state contribute nearly $5 billion to the state\u2019s economy and directly and indirectly employ more than 6,000 people. These are good-paying jobs that support families, sustain local businesses, and strengthen our communities.<\/p>\n

Representative Mackenzie correctly notes that cement is not merely a commodity \u2014 it is critical to infrastructure and national security, as it is used to construct roads, bridges, schools, hospitals, and military installations.<\/p>\n

We ask the President to heed Congressman Mackenzie\u2019s call. Federal recognition of cement as a critical material, paired with policies that reduce regulatory obstacles and incentivize domestic production, would deliver lasting benefits \u2014 not just to our plants and our workers, but to all Americans, who depend daily on safe, reliable infrastructure.<\/p>\n

We are grateful for the Congressman\u2019s support, and we stand ready to work alongside him to build an even stronger future for American cement.<\/p>\n

Lorraine Faccenda, Plant Manager, Amrize<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rad Slavov, Plant Manager, Buzzi Unicem USA<\/strong><\/p>\n

Roland Bachmann, Plant Manager, Heidelberg Materials North America<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gabriel J. Torrealba Henriquez, Plant Manager, Keystone Cement<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Information provided to TVL by:
\nAmerican Cement Association<\/p>\n

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A Shoutout to Congressman Ryan Mackenzie for Supporting PA\u2019s Cement Industry On behalf of the cement plant workers in Pennsylvania\u2019s 7th Congressional District, we write to express our sincere gratitude to Representative Ryan Mackenzie for his steadfast support of our industry. We deeply appreciate that Congressman Mackenzie recently sent a letter to President Trump asking … Continue reading A Shoutout to Congressman Ryan Mackenzie for Supporting PA\u2019s Cement Industry<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":148411,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-148410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-release-2"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bridge.jpg?fit=672%2C372&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=148410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/148411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=148410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=148410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=148410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}