![Senator Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/4_3_small/public/02-10-15_official_hs_omara-hs-040_0.jpg?itok=gJ9N77KJ)
Made in America (but especially New York)
Thomas F. O'Mara
February 7, 2012
![](/sites/default/files/styles/760x377/public/empire_4_0.jpg?itok=_cuLEvHm)
Late last year I read a headline in the New York Times that asked, “Does America Need Manufacturing?” For anyone who grew up anywhere in the Southern Tier during the region’s manufacturing heyday – whose fathers and grandfathers made a decent living in those factories -- the answer to that question is heartfelt and immediate: you better believe it.
Which is why we’re seeing it from inside the White House. We’re hearing it from presidential candidates crisscrossing the nation. We’re reading it in best-selling books. It strikes me that there’s a common refrain slowly but surely taking hold across America: let’s manufacture it, again, in the USA. If it continues, and I hope (and believe) it will, it bodes well for New York State and, even more specifically, for our region as a whole.
Share this Article or Press Release
Newsroom
Go to Newsroom![Senator O'Mara shares his weekly perspective on issues facing New York State government. Senator O'Mara shares his weekly perspective on issues facing New York State government.](/sites/default/files/styles/760x377/public/article/main-image/weeklycolumn-image2_76.jpg?itok=sUPr6KAM)
![“The misguided and misrepresented 'Farmworkers Fair Labor Practices Act' poses an extreme action at a time of already severe economic struggle for New York State farmers," said Senator O'Mara and Assemblyman Palmesano. “The misguided and misrepresented 'Farmworkers Fair Labor Practices Act' poses an extreme action at a time of already severe economic struggle for New York State farmers," said Senator O'Mara and Assemblyman Palmesano.](/sites/default/files/styles/760x377/public/article/main-image/omara-palmesano_newweb.png?itok=mFLIf392)
![From left to right: CropLife America Government Relations Director Riley Titius, CropLife America State Representative Barbara Ahern, and Senator O'Mara. From left to right: CropLife America Government Relations Director Riley Titius, CropLife America State Representative Barbara Ahern, and Senator O'Mara.](/sites/default/files/styles/760x377/public/article/main-image/croplife-2-newweb.jpg?itok=5XQPyPIe)