Politics & Government

Hunter Calls for American Jobs to Come Home From China and Other Countries

Rep. Duncan Hunter's opinion piece in The Washington Times also discusses what he calls potential national security risks of some contracts.

Free trade isn't the path to economic growth, warns Rep. Duncan Hunter in an opinion piece in The Washington Times in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday.

Hunter calls for American jobs to be brought home from overseas and for the United States to stop risking national security by outsourcing important infrastructure, transportation and high technology—sometimes military related—contracts.

He writes that China continues "showing unrelenting interest in investing in—and gaining control over—the national economy."

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Hunter also is concerned about a cross-border trucking program which will allow Mexican trucks "unrestricted access to U.S. highways."

"So what's being done about all this?" Hunter asks.

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Hunter represents the 52nd District, encompassing Ramona, Poway, Lakeside, El Cajon, Santee, La Mesa and Spring Valley.

He serves on the House Armed Services, Education and Labor and Transportation and Infrastructure committees.


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