Urges Congress and President to enact legislation that penalizes companies that outsource labor to foreign markets.

SCR88

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION No. 88

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 5, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� SHIRLEY K. TURNER

District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)

SYNOPSIS

���� Urges Congress and President to enact legislation
that penalizes companies that outsource labor to foreign markets.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

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A
Concurrent Resolution
urging Congress and
the President of the United States to enact legislation that penalizes
companies that outsource labor to foreign markets.

Whereas,

Companies based in the United States have increasingly opted to outsource labor
to foreign countries as a means to keep costs down and to remain competitive in
the domestic and global marketplace; and

Whereas,

Companies that outsource typically hire workers in
emerging markets
in
regions of the world with lower standards of living than the United States,
allowing them to pay wages that are subpar to those paid to American workers;
and

Whereas,

In turn, these companies can sell their products and services at
lower prices than those sourced domestically; and

Whereas,

While the outsourcing of labor may benefit a company�s bottom line, it does
nothing to help the 7.6 million Americans, over 240,000 of whom live in New
Jersey, currently unemployed in the United States; and

Whereas,

Workers in industries such as manufacturing and computer technology, as well as
those across industries employed in call centers, have been significantly
impacted by the loss of American jobs due to outsourcing; and

Whereas,

According to the most recent data produced by the United States Department of
Commerce, multinational enterprises based in this country employed 14 million
people in their foreign affiliates in 2023, an increase of over 3 million
outsourced workers since 2009; and

Whereas,
Half
of these 14 million overseas jobs would nearly equal the total number of
workers currently unemployed in this country; and

Whereas,

In order to reverse this corporate trend of outsourcing labor to increase
profit margins, the Congress and President of the United States must push
forward policies that motivate companies to hire American workers; and

Whereas,

Such initiatives should include enacting legislation that prohibits companies
that outsource from receiving and benefiting from federal contracts, tax
breaks, grants, or loans, as well as legislation that establishes an
outsourcing tax on companies that eliminate American jobs in order to hire
workers overseas at inferior wages; and

Whereas,

Through these types of penalties, Congress and the President can establish
significant financial incentives for companies based in the United States to
keep jobs in this country, thereby providing vital employment opportunities to
the millions of Americans searching for work; now, therefore,

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Be It
Resolved
by the Senate of the State of New
Jersey (the General Assembly concurring):

���� 1.��� The Legislature of the
State of New Jersey respectfully urges the Congress and President of the United
States to enact legislation that penalizes companies that threaten and stifle
the growth of the American workforce by outsourcing labor to foreign markets.

���� 2.��� Copies of this
resolution, as filed with the Secretary of State, shall be transmitted by the
Clerk of the General Assembly or the Secretary of the Senate to the President
of the United States, the Majority Leader and Minority Leader of the United
States Senate, the Speaker and Minority Leader of the United States House of
Representatives, and each member of the United States Congress elected from the
State of New Jersey.

STATEMENT

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This resolution urges the
Congress and the President of the United States to enact
legislation
that penalizes companies that outsource labor to foreign
markets.� Such legislation is critical to combat unemployment and to encourage
companies to hire and invest in American workers.

���� Companies
based in the United States have increasingly opted to outsource labor to
foreign countries as a means to keep costs down and to remain competitive in
the domestic and global marketplace.� Companies that outsource typically hire
workers in emerging markets in regions of the world with lower standards of
living than the United States, allowing them to pay wages that are subpar to
those paid to American workers.� In turn, these companies can sell their
products and services at lower prices than those sourced domestically.

���� While
the outsourcing of labor may benefit a company�s bottom line, it does nothing
to help the 7.6 million Americans, over 240,000 of whom live in New Jersey,
currently unemployed in the United States.� Workers in industries such as
manufacturing and computer technology, as well as those across industries
employed in call centers, have been significantly impacted by the loss of
American jobs due to outsourcing.� According to the most recent data produced
by the United States Department of Commerce, multinational enterprises based in
this country employed 14 million people in their foreign affiliates in 2023, an
increase of over 3 million outsourced workers since 2009.� Half of these 14
million overseas jobs would nearly equal the total number of workers currently
unemployed in this country.

���� In
order to reverse this corporate trend of outsourcing labor to increase profit
margins, the Congress and President of the United States must push forward
policies that motivate companies to hire American workers.� Such initiatives
should include enacting legislation that prohibits companies that outsource
from receiving and benefiting from federal contracts, tax breaks, grants, or
loans, as well as legislation that establishes an outsourcing tax on companies
that eliminate American jobs in order to hire workers overseas at inferior
wages.� Through these types of penalties, Congress and the President can establish
significant financial incentives for companies based in the United States to
keep jobs in this country, thereby providing vital employment opportunities to
the millions of Americans searching for work.