Hollywood joins chorus demanding Team USA uniforms be made in USA
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When it was revealed last week that the Ralph Lauren designed U.S. Olympic uniforms for the London Games were manufactured in China, political leaders on both sides of the aisle expressed their displeasure.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) called the move upsetting and suggested that "they should take all the uniforms, put them in a big pile and burn them and start all over again." House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), chimed in: "You'd think they know better." Lawmakers are now expected to introduce the Team USA Made in America Act of 2012 to ensure this does not happen again.

Many in Hollywood who we talked to agree.

DJ Ashba, lead guitarist of Guns N' Roses and owner of the all-American-made label ASHBA Swag, told us he was shocked that Ralph Lauren "would go as far as to cut costs on something so sacred as the U.S. Olympics."

"You get what you pay for, what American wouldn't be disappointed," he said.


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