The Senate Commerce Committee took an important step towards boosting manufacturing competitiveness and innovation last week with the mark-up of the Revitalize American Manufacturing and Innovation Act (RAMI). The bipartisan bill, cosponsored by Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Roy Blunt (R-MO), would create the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI), which would be comprised of up to 15 public-private, manufacturing innovation hubs. These centers would accelerate manufacturing innovation in technologies with commercial applications by bridging the gap between basic research performed at U.S. universities and research laboratories and product development by U.S. manufacturers.
