FLASHBACK: SCHUMER, CASEY, BROWN & TESTER URGE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO SUSPEND STIMULUS PROGRAM FUNNELING BILLIONS OVERSEAS
Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Bob Casey (D-PA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH) And Jon Tester (D-MT) Urged President Obama To Suspend A Stimulus Program Sending Money Overseas To Foreign Manufacturers. “In the wake of a new report revealing that a clean-energy grant program in the stimulus has paid out more than $1 billion to foreign manufacturers, U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Bob Casey (D-PA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Jon Tester (D-MT) urged the Obama administration Wednesday to suspend the program indefinitely until the law can be fixed so that funds only flow to projects that will create jobs in the United States.” (Press Release, “Schumer, Casey, Brown & Tester Urge Obama Administration To Suspend Stimulus Program Funneling Billions Overseas,” Office Of Sen. Charles Schumer, 3/3/10)
Research From The Investigative Reporting Workshop Showed That 79 Percent Of The First $2 Billion Went To Foreign Manufacturers.“Administration officials have said they do not have the authority to prevent that payment. If the aid goes through, it would be just the latest example of a larger trend, according to an independent report conducted last month. The Investigating Reporting Workshop found that 79 percent of the $2 billion in grants doled out by the clean-energy program in the stimulus so far went to foreign companies.” (Press Release, “Schumer, Casey, Brown & Tester Urge Obama Administration To Suspend Stimulus Program Funneling Billions Overseas,” Office Of Sen. Charles Schumer, 3/3/10)
Sen. Schumer: “It is a no-brainer that stimulus funds should only go to projects that create jobs in the United States rather than overseas …” (Press Release, “Schumer, Casey, Brown & Tester Urge Obama Administration To Suspend Stimulus Program Funneling Billions Overseas,” Office Of Sen. Charles Schumer, 3/3/10)
Sen. Bob Casey: “It’s Simple: The American Recovery And Reinvestment Act Should Reinvest In America And Help America And American Workers Recover …” (Press Release, “Schumer, Casey, Brown & Tester Urge Obama Administration To Suspend Stimulus Program Funneling Billions Overseas,”Office Of Sen. Charles Schumer, 3/3/10)
Sen. Sherrod Brown: “We cannot sit idly by while China races to the forefront of clean energy production at the expense of U.S. manufacturing, U.S. jobs, and U.S. energy independence. And we certainly can’t shoot ourselves in the foot by helping to finance Chinese clean energy production.” (Press Release, “Schumer, Casey, Brown & Tester Urge Obama Administration To Suspend Stimulus Program Funneling Billions Overseas,” Office Of Sen. Charles Schumer, 3/3/10)
