Watch: A conversation on improving U.S. manufacturing capabilities

On Tuesday, May 2, Axios co-founder Mike Allen and senior politics reporter Eugene Scott hosted conversations exploring the opportunities and challenges of improving U.S. manufacturing capabilities . Guests included Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) and National Association of Manufacturers president and CEO Jay Timmons. The View from the Top sponsored segment featured Walmart executive vice president of sourcing Andrea Albright.

Rep. Haley Stevens discussed how today’s tight labor market impacts manufacturers and her goals to strengthen supply chains across all kinds of U.S. industries.

• On what she’s hearing from manufacturers: “Too many small and mid-size manufacturers who I meet with regularly tell me that they have such a tight labor market that they don’t know if they can survive here in the United States of America, that they might have to move elsewhere.”
• On the complexity of improving domestic supply chains: “One of the things that I don’t think folks are focusing on enough or hearing about enough are how complex our manufacturing supply chains are and what we need to do to grow manufacturing here in the United States of America. It’s really easy to say, ‘Hey, let’s make it in America. Let’s bring manufacturing jobs back.’ But how we actually go about doing that through a mix of incentives, grants, technical assistance, remains very important and easier said than done.”