Buckeye Reporter

Senator Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) has introduced the Halting International Relocation of Employment Act, known as the HIRE Act, aimed at reducing outsourcing by U.S. companies. The proposed legislation would impose a tax on businesses that choose to employ foreign labor over American workers. Revenue from this tax would be directed toward workforce development programs designed to support the middle class.

Moreno stated, “While college grads in America struggle to find work, globalist politicians and C-Suite executives have spent decades shipping good-paying jobs overseas in pursuit of slave wages and immense profits – those days are over. It’s time to fight for working class Americans and ensure they can work and retire with dignity. If companies want to hire foreign workers instead of Americans, my bill will hit them where it hurts: their pocketbooks.”

This new bill follows Moreno's previous efforts focused on enforcing penalties against executives who hire illegal immigrants.