On the 45th anniversary of Honda and state leaders announcing Honda will be building their first manufacturing plant in Ohio, they come together again to announce 4.2 billion dollars in investments for the production of their future electric vehicles. Honda is looking to produce only electric vehicles by 2040, so they are putting 700 million dollars into existing manufacturing plants in Marysville, East Liberty, and Anna to build them.

Rob Portman joined officials from Airstream, Shelby County, and the National Park Service to get a closer look at the new Airstream manufacturing plant. Portman has been an advocate for the parks and believes parks and Airstream go hand in hand. Every Airstream trailer is built in Jackson Center, Ohio, and before the senator leaves office he wants to get one more bill passed to help with the continued success of Airstream and other Ohio businesses in the future.

Even though crews have been working on the site for a couple of months now, President Biden, Governor Mike DeWine, and other Ohio federal lawmakers were on hand for the ceremony in New Albany, Ohio. Funding for the facility was approved through the Chips and Science Act. Along with speaking about the success of passing that bill, Mr. Biden also remarked on the need to rebuild and increase America's manufacturing capacity.