Kildee: Senate Republicans' Vote Against Outsourcing Bill is a Vote Against American Workers

Legislation designed to stop companies from sending jobs overseas fails under Republican opposition

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Senate Republicans blocked consideration of the Creating American Jobs and Ending Outsourcing Act, which was designed to help close tax loopholes that encourage companies to ship jobs overseas and keep jobs here at home. Congressman Dale E. Kildee (D-MI), a tireless fighter for American workers, expressed his extreme disappointment in his Senate colleagues and released the following statement:

“I am extremely disappointed that once again, Senate Republicans have turned their backs on American workers and sided with big businesses and the special interests. Workers in my district and across our nation have been hurt by outsourcing as companies profit from tax breaks that encourage them to ship jobs overseas. We must do more to tip the scales in favor of American workers and protect their jobs. The Creating American Jobs and Ending Outsourcing Act includes common sense provisions to close tax loopholes that encourage outsourcing and keep jobs here in America. Yet due to Republican opposition, this legislation failed today in the Senate.  Despite their obstruction, I will continue to fight to protect American workers and keep their jobs here at home.”

The Creating American Jobs and Ending Outsourcing Act includes three provisions. One would end tax deductions that companies may take for expenses incurred when they shutter a U.S. operation and shift the work abroad. The second would impose an income tax on products once made in the U.S. but now manufactured by foreign workers. The third measure would provide a payroll tax incentive for companies to create American jobs by shifting overseas operations back to the U.S.