Foreign Workers: S. 995 SFC vote (2015)

Voted in favor of S. 995, the Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) bill. S. 995 would allow the President in trade treaties to commit America to giving guaranteed numbers of U.S. jobs to foreign workers without Congress' approval. It would potentially tie the hands of Members of Congress to keep them from changing immigration numbers to best serve American workers. The Obama Administration (or subsequent Administrations) could use the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement to commit America to immigration increases that Congress has neither debated nor approved, thus further reducing the jobs available to U.S. workers and instead reserving certain jobs for foreign workers under the agreement. S. 995 passed the Senate Finance Committee by a vote of 20-6.