Washington, Oct. 23 -- Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks issued the following press release:
Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks, M.D. (IA-01) hosted House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Brett Guthrie and local elected officials and business leaders for an energy roundtable in Burlington on how to power the $15 billion steel mill planned for Lee County, where construction is set to begin next year, and the new businesses and jobs expected to follow it.
Participants discussed the need for new natural gas infrastructure to deliver gas to the mill and surrounding development. Companies have passed on Iowa in the past because the natural gas needed to support their operations wasn't available, and Iowa lost jobs because of it....