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House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) joined Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Administrator Marc Molinaro on Thursday for a tour of New Flyer of America in St. Cloud, Minnesota, the largest transit bus manufacturer in North America. During the visit, Whip Emmer touted the domestic manufacturing boom happening under President Trump’s leadership and provisions in Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill that benefit manufacturers in Minnesota and across the country.

Here is what they are saying about Whip Emmer and Administrator Molinaro’s visit…

WCCO: Congressman Tom Emmer defends Trump's "big, beautiful bill" in St. Cloud visit

“In his tour of the New Flyer of America's bus plant, Emmer said tax provisions in the bill will benefit made-in-America products. ‘All we did was continue existing tax policy that's been in place for the last seven years,’ Emmer said. ‘It's huge in terms of giving 100% expensing, bonus depreciation, all kinds of things that manufacturers like Paul and his people here at New Flyer need to make the investments in the future.’”

St. Cloud LIVE: Emmer greets transit head in St. Cloud, touts Trump's plan for jobs, manufacturing

“Emmer touted Trump’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which passed in 2017, and was set to expire this year before the One Big Beautiful Bill Act made the provisions permanent or extended them. ‘The extension of President Trump’s tax cuts from his first term into this term means that manufacturers like New Flyer have more capacity to grow jobs and to build here in this country,’ Emmer said.”

KNSI: Federal Officials Tour St. Cloud Bus Plant, Tout $1.5B Transit Funding

“Congressman Tom Emmer and Marc Molinaro, who runs the Federal Transit Administration, came to highlight benefits from recently passed federal legislation that supporters call the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’...New Flyer President and CEO Paul Soubry joined the officials for a behind-the-scenes look at how the company builds buses and said the law is what he’s looking for. ‘This is absolutely the right thing to do for our industry. Buses move people between cities and inside cities. We’re pretty excited about where we go from here.’”

St. Cloud Times: Emmer visits St. Cloud's New Flyer, discusses Northstar's future

“House Majority Whip Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minn., paid St. Cloud a visit Thursday morning to tour the New Flyer facility and promote President Donald Trump's ‘One Big Beautiful Bill.’ Emmer toured the bus manufacturing facility alongside Federal Transit Administration Administrator Marc Molinaro and local leaders like Metro Bus CEO Ryan Daniel and former Mayor Dave Kleis, chair of the Metro Bus Board of Commissioners.”