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On the recordFebruary 2, 2022
I don't know if I can help her with that. I was also in business, we had a mechanical contracting business. It is hard, heavy work, and we too hired American citizens. We had to have documentation for the folks that we hired. Wouldn't it be great though, since you brought it up, the COMPETES Act, we all want to compete better with China. We know that they are our adversary. They consider us the enemy. First of all, the COMPETES Act doesn't do that, it doesn't do anything to secure America from an aggressive bellicose China. Shouldn't the COMPETES Act be about a competitive America? What about the competition that American citizens are in in their own country for their own jobs with people that are here illegally. Shouldn't the COMPETES Act be about making sure people don't come here illegally? Let's face it, some folks already talked about the policy that is-- the Border Patrol said, we need the policy. Policy is in place. Laws are in place. Article II, section 3 says the President will faithful execute. But if the President doesn't faithfully execute the laws that are in place, whether we call the COMPETES Act something against China or whether the COMPETES Act is about American citizens who have to compete in their own country against foreigners, if no one is going to faithfully execute it, it is not going to matter.
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Scott Perry
Republican · Pennsylvania

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