NEW: Cicilline Pushes for 2 Jobs Bills
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
In a letter, Congressman David Cicilline (D-RI) today urged Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) to expedite consideration of the Make it in America Block Grant Program Act and the Offshoring Prevention Act, two bills currently pending in the House of Representatives, in order to provide new resources to manufacturers and close loopholes that cut taxes for companies that move jobs overseas.
“In his speech, the President told Congress that we must seize this moment to finally give the middle class a fair shake,” said Cicilline. “If we are serious about getting our economy moving again, then we should move quickly to pass these bills to reinvigorate American manufacturing and stop the practice of handing out tax breaks to corporations that move American jobs to other countries. I am calling on the House Republican leadership to move now on this legislation.”
The President’s State of the Union address emphasized the importance of growing American manufacturing jobs, retraining the workforce, and ending tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas – proposals Cicilline has championed in his first term in the House.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTIn 2011, Cicilline introduced the Make it in America Block Grant Program Act, which would provide grants to small and medium-sized manufacturers to allow them to retool their factories and retrain workers to compete in the 21st century. In addition, Cicilline also introduced the Offshoring Prevention Act last year to revise the Internal Revenue Code so that corporations moving American jobs to other countries no longer enjoy tax breaks. Both bills are currently awaiting consideration in House committees.
