Konaice, you and I usually see eye to eye on most things, so I'm following you seriously. I've checked out your link, but you are looking at general mills/fabricators/manufacturers here - not at the specific armor-grade fabricators. Durbin, if he is telling the truth, is referencing the particular fabricators needed for high-grade specialized steel. I'm no expert, but look at this statement:
"Because we only have ONE American factory that makes steel for our armor, that's why. IF we want more American armor, we need to manufacture more American Steel."
This is about "steel for our armor" not steel in general. We should have the capacity to produce this - we did produce all our armor at one time not that long ago.
As far as research goes, I'm directly quoting what Durbin said in the congressional record, and it is linked and documented. If you'd like, I'll add the phrase - "IF what Dick Durbin says is true"... that way the Dems have to explain it if it's not. He says he's quoting the Secretary of the Army here, so it's Durbin's problem if it's not true...
Read that carefully and see my last post.