BUY AMERICAN, HIRE AMERICAN: THE ADMINISTRATION'S PUSH TO PREVENT JOB OUTSOURCING

Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy//Lead on President Trump's TV Announcement THEODORE WOLD

From day one of his administration, President Trump has made Buy American, Hire American a key priority. Last week, the White House hosted an event surrounding the President’s commitment to slowing the outsourcing of jobs overseas. Tennessee Valley Authority, the nation’s largest federally-owned power provider, announced it will outsource 20 percent of its IT workforce to Capgemini, CGI, and Accenture – companies based in France, Canada, and Ireland, respectively. This means that more than 200 high-skilled American tech workers in Knoxville, TN and Chattanooga, TN, will lose their jobs. Replacing them will largely be low-wage, foreign workers. To add insult to injury, these U.S. workers are being asked to train their foreign replacements. These layoffs of American workers by the TVA comes right in the middle of the Coronavirus pandemic. The Administration is taking the proper steps to rebuild the economy and ensure that America’s workers and families prosper. The President cares for the American people and will not allow American workers to be replaced in the federal government en masse by temporary foreign labor.