WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Rosa. L. DeLauro (Conn.-3), a member of the House Budget Committee, today hailed the passage of outsourcing language she offered to the House Budget during the Committee’s markup last night. DeLauro was able to insert report language into the document, based on her U.S. Worker Protection Act, expressing concern over taxpayer dollars being used to outsource or take offshore certain work done in the United States. Since 2001, the U.S. has lost 2.7 million manufacturing jobs.

“At a time when a record number of Americans are unemployed, uninsured and countless good-paying jobs have gone offshore, taxpayer dollars should not be used to outsource work to other countries,” said DeLauro. “We need to be doing everything we can to help workers and keep jobs in the United States. Congress recognized this problem and took action, which is particularly important to our manufacturing and service employment in the U.S.”

Despite the victory, DeLauro expressed concern of the overall budget outlook, which she said, “was not in line with the values of the American people.”

“This budget puts the interests of the wealthiest ahead of working families – cutting assistance with child care, home heating costs and housing. Worse, the policies reflected in this document deepen income inequality and, remarkably, raise barriers for those who are struggling and working to do better.”

DeLauro also offered an amendment to increase investment in child care, the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, and key housing programs, which was not agreed to by the Committee. DeLauro voted against the budget.

“In my view, budgets are moral documents – an expression of shared values and the priorities that are important to us as a nation. By offering an unrealistic, unaffordable plan for the future, the majority party once again misses an opportunity for presenting a vision that brings the nation together to tackle its most pressing challenges.”