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The Machine, Mapped

Who We Talk To

Washington isn't a mystery.

It's a machine with named parts.

Committees that write the checks. Offices that wrote the warnings. Governors who want the factories. Unions who never stopped saying it.

This is the map. These are the doors we knock on.

Why You Matter More Than You Think

Here's the thing nobody tells you.

The insiders already agree with us. The Pentagon wrote it down. Congress wrote it down. The industry graded itself and failed. It's all on the receipts page.

So why is nothing fixed?

Because reports don't vote. Nobody ever lost an election over the industrial base. So it never gets the structural fix — just studies, speeches, and another report next year.

There is exactly one thing missing from that machine, and it's the one thing no agency, no committee, and no think tank can manufacture for itself: organized voters who make this issue cost something at the ballot box.

That's us. That's you.

Every signature raises the price of ignoring it. Every call to a district office gets logged and counted. Every person you bring in doubles your weight. And showing up again and again — that's the part they respect, because that's how they know you'll still be here next term.

We're not telling these people how to do their jobs. We're making it politically possible for them to do what their own reports say must be done.

Quiet, steady, relentless. That's the plan.

Congress

They write the laws and the budget. They answer to voters. That makes them target number one.

Senate Armed Services Committee Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) / Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) — Chairman / Ranking Member
Writes the NDAA every year. Owns the industrial base problem on paper.
House Armed Services Committee Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL) — Chairman
The chairman calls his own defense bill "rebuilding the arsenal of democracy." He's making our argument.
House Select Committee on the CCP Rep. John Moolenaar (R-MI) — Chairman
Bipartisan committee already on record: dependence on China is a national security threat.
Senate Appropriations Committee Defense Subcommittee
Majority & minority staff
Authorizations are promises. Appropriations are money. This is where capacity gets funded or doesn't.
House Appropriations Committee Defense Subcommittee
Majority & minority staff
The House side of the checkbook.
Senate Finance Committee Members & staff
Trade, tariffs, and the tax treatment that decides where factories get built.
House Ways & Means Committee Members & staff
The House side of trade and tax policy.
Senate Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee Members & staff
Jurisdiction over the industrial and technology base outside the Pentagon.
House Manufacturing Caucus Bipartisan member caucus
Roughly a hundred members who already put the word manufacturing on their own letterhead.
Senate & House Small Business Committees Members & staff
The supplier base below the primes is small business. That's where the ecosystem hollowed out.

Pentagon & Executive

They wrote the reports. They already agree. We send them proof that voters are behind them.

Office of the ASD for Industrial Base Policy Department of Defense
Assistant Secretary of Defense
The office that wrote the National Defense Industrial Strategy. Our single most on-point audience.
DoD Manufacturing Technology (ManTech) Program Department of Defense
The Pentagon's own manufacturing technology arm.
Manufacturing USA Dept. of Commerce / DoD / DoE
Network of 17 manufacturing innovation institutes
The federal manufacturing institute network. Natural allies with budgets on the line.
NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Department of Commerce
A center in every state serving small and mid-size manufacturers — the people we speak for.
Maritime Administration (MARAD) Department of Transportation
Shipbuilding. The 200-to-1 problem lives here.
Bureau of Industry & Security Department of Commerce
Export controls and industrial base assessments.
Office of Strategic Capital Department of Defense
Pentagon office built to pull private capital into the industrial base.
Defense Logistics Agency Department of Defense
The supply chain of the supply chain.

Governors & States

Factories get built in states. Governors fight for them and answer to voters directly.

National Governors Association All 50 governors
Factories are built in states. Governors compete for them and answer to voters directly.
State Economic Development Agencies Commerce / economic development secretaries
The offices that recruit plants. Manufacturing-is-security is their pitch too.
Governor of Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey — Governor
Factories get built in states. Governors compete for them and answer to voters directly.
Governor of Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy — Governor
Factories get built in states. Governors compete for them and answer to voters directly.
Governor of Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs — Governor
Factories get built in states. Governors compete for them and answer to voters directly.
Governor of Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders — Governor
Factories get built in states. Governors compete for them and answer to voters directly.
Governor of California Gov. Gavin Newsom — Governor
Factories get built in states. Governors compete for them and answer to voters directly.
Governor of Colorado Gov. Jared Polis — Governor
Factories get built in states. Governors compete for them and answer to voters directly.
Governor of Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont — Governor
Factories get built in states. Governors compete for them and answer to voters directly.
Governor of Delaware Gov. Matt Meyer — Governor
Factories get built in states. Governors compete for them and answer to voters directly.
Governor of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — Governor
Factories get built in states. Governors compete for them and answer to voters directly.
Governor of Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp — Governor
Factories get built in states. Governors compete for them and answer to voters directly.
Governor of Hawaii Gov. Josh Green — Governor
Factories get built in states. Governors compete for them and answer to voters directly.
Governor of Idaho Gov. Brad Little — Governor
Factories get built in states. Governors compete for them and answer to voters directly.
Governor of Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker — Governor
Factories get built in states. Governors compete for them and answer to voters directly.
Governor of Indiana Gov. Mike Braun — Governor
Factories get built in states. Governors compete for them and answer to voters directly.
Governor of Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds — Governor
Factories get built in states. Governors compete for them and answer to voters directly.
Governor of Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly — Governor
Factories get built in states. Governors compete for them and answer to voters directly.
Governor of Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear — Governor
Factories get built in states. Governors compete for them and answer to voters directly.
Governor of Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry — Governor
Factories get built in states. Governors compete for them and answer to voters directly.
Governor of Maine Gov. Janet Mills — Governor
Factories get built in states. Governors compete for them and answer to voters directly.
Governor of Maryland Gov. Wes Moore — Governor
Factories get built in states. Governors compete for them and answer to voters directly.
Governor of Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey — Governor
Factories get built in states. Governors compete for them and answer to voters directly.
Governor of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer — Governor
Factories get built in states. Governors compete for them and answer to voters directly.
Governor of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz — Governor
Factories get built in states. Governors compete for them and answer to voters directly.
Governor of Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves — Governor
Factories get built in states. Governors compete for them and answer to voters directly.
Governor of Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe — Governor
Factories get built in states. Governors compete for them and answer to voters directly.
Governor of Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte — Governor
Factories get built in states. Governors compete for them and answer to voters directly.
Governor of Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen — Governor
Factories get built in states. Governors compete for them and answer to voters directly.
Governor of Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo — Governor
Factories get built in states. Governors compete for them and answer to voters directly.
Governor of New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte — Governor
Factories get built in states. Governors compete for them and answer to voters directly.
Governor of New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill — Governor
Factories get built in states. Governors compete for them and answer to voters directly.
Governor of New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham — Governor
Factories get built in states. Governors compete for them and answer to voters directly.
Governor of New York Gov. Kathy Hochul — Governor
Factories get built in states. Governors compete for them and answer to voters directly.
Governor of North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein — Governor
Factories get built in states. Governors compete for them and answer to voters directly.
Governor of North Dakota Gov. Kelly Armstrong — Governor
Factories get built in states. Governors compete for them and answer to voters directly.
Governor of Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine — Governor
Factories get built in states. Governors compete for them and answer to voters directly.
Governor of Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt — Governor
Factories get built in states. Governors compete for them and answer to voters directly.
Governor of Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek — Governor
Factories get built in states. Governors compete for them and answer to voters directly.
Governor of Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro — Governor
Factories get built in states. Governors compete for them and answer to voters directly.
Governor of Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee — Governor
Factories get built in states. Governors compete for them and answer to voters directly.
Governor of South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster — Governor
Factories get built in states. Governors compete for them and answer to voters directly.
Governor of South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden — Governor
Factories get built in states. Governors compete for them and answer to voters directly.
Governor of Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee — Governor
Factories get built in states. Governors compete for them and answer to voters directly.
Governor of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott — Governor
Factories get built in states. Governors compete for them and answer to voters directly.
Governor of Utah Gov. Spencer Cox — Governor
Factories get built in states. Governors compete for them and answer to voters directly.
Governor of Vermont Gov. Phil Scott — Governor
Factories get built in states. Governors compete for them and answer to voters directly.
Governor of Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger — Governor
Factories get built in states. Governors compete for them and answer to voters directly.
Governor of Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson — Governor
Factories get built in states. Governors compete for them and answer to voters directly.
Governor of West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey — Governor
Factories get built in states. Governors compete for them and answer to voters directly.
Governor of Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers — Governor
Factories get built in states. Governors compete for them and answer to voters directly.
Governor of Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon — Governor
Factories get built in states. Governors compete for them and answer to voters directly.

Guard & Reserves

The citizen-soldier force. The same hands that hold a rifle run a lathe on Monday.

National Guard Bureau Chief, National Guard Bureau
The citizen-soldier force. Its skills pipeline runs straight through the industrial workforce.
State Adjutants General (TAGs) 54 states & territories
The governors' military arm
Pairs state-level military credibility with the governor tier.
National Guard Association of the U.S. (NGAUS) Advocacy association
The Guard's own lobby. Understands exactly how workforce and readiness connect.

Allies & Coalition

Unions, manufacturers, trade groups. Already organized. Already saying it. We link arms.

Alliance for American Manufacturing Industry–labor partnership
Industry and labor already organized around our exact thesis. First door to knock on.
National Association of Manufacturers Trade association
The biggest manufacturing trade group in the country.
National Defense Industrial Association Trade association
Publishes the Vital Signs report that graded the industrial base as failing. On our receipts wall.
United Steelworkers Labor union
Called offshoring a national security threat in congressional testimony back in 2004. On our receipts wall.
International Association of Machinists (IAM) Labor union
The people who build aircraft, ships, and machines.
UAW Labor union
The arsenal of democracy was built by their grandparents.
IBEW Labor union
No factories without electricians. No grid, either.
AFL-CIO Industrial Union Council Labor federation
The umbrella over industrial labor.
National Tooling & Machining Association Trade association — small/mid shops
The machine shops. The layer of the ecosystem that quietly disappeared.
SME (Society of Manufacturing Engineers) Professional society
The workforce-development and skills side of the fight.

Media

The story is citizens organizing around the government's own warnings. We hand it to them.

IndustryWeek Editorial desk
Trade press that reaches manufacturers directly.
Manufacturing Dive Editorial desk
Daily manufacturing news desk.
Defense News Editorial desk
Covers the industrial base beat inside the defense world.
Breaking Defense Editorial desk
Same beat, different desk. Both matter.
National Defense Magazine NDIA's magazine
The industry's own publication. Runs industrial-base stories weekly.
Local press in manufacturing districts City desks & op-ed pages
A hometown plant story moves a member of Congress faster than any national headline.

Your Move

You just read the map. Now be the pressure.

Sign. Call. Bring one more person. Do it again next month.