Last week, U.S. Representative Michael Michaud sent a letter to President Barack Obama and sponsored legislation to end the U.S. military’s use of sweatshop shoes. As Michaud explained in his letter, the Department of Defense has recently begun sneaking around the rule that its sneakers must be made in the USA by shuffling money to [...]
The Republican Party frequently is supposed to be a pro-business party, but what’s most notable about recently introduced pro-business legislation is the total lack of Republican support for it. H.R. 1912 (introduced by David Cicilline in the House) and its counterpart S. 1457 (introduced by Kirsten Gillibrand in the Senate), would shuffle money not to [...]
“Today, there is no domestic outerwear industry.” — Senator Ron Wyden, March 31 2011 The Outdoor Act — S. 704 in the Senate and H.R. 2071 in the House — would remove tariffs on outerwear imported into the USA from overseas sweatshop factories. Ron Wyden, the principal sponsor of the Outdoor Act in the Senate, [...]
“The duties currently imposed by the United States were set in an era during which high rates of duty were intended to protect production of footwear in the United States…. Footwear duties, which are higher on lower price footwear, serve no purpose…” –
Senator Tom Carper of Delaware has introduced 37 non-symbolic bills to the United States Senate for consideration. A quick summary of them: 1 bill to declare that chain restaurants and cafeterias must be able to produce nutrition information for meals if someone asks for them. 1 bill to require that the Department of Education accredit [...]
Maria Cantwell’s shoe bills encourage American companies to have shoes manufactured in foreign sweatshops instead of here in the USA. These kind of special favors for companies seeking to avoid employing Americans are particularly despicable in the current economic climate.
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