[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 7434]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




IN SUPPORT OF VERIZON WORKERS AND UNITED STATES CALL CENTER WORKER AND 
                        CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT

  (Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the 39,000 
Verizon workers currently on strike. These hardworking members of CWA 
and IBEW are on strike for a number of reasons, but the number one 
reason is to keep their jobs and prevent them from being shipped 
overseas to the Philippines or India.
  What Verizon is doing is not unique. In fact, it has been the 
experience of too many families in my district in Houston and Harris 
County and families throughout the country.
  As Members of Congress, we have a responsibility to fight for these 
jobs and improve the lives of average Americans. This spring, I 
introduced bipartisan legislation, the United States Call Center Worker 
and Consumer Protection Act, H.R. 4604, that would make companies that 
offshore American jobs ineligible for Federal grants or loans and put 
them at the back of the line for Federal contracts. This legislation 
will not stop all offshoring, but it is a strong first step to protect 
these middle class jobs.
  I urge my colleagues to cosponsor this bipartisan legislation, H.R. 
4604.

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