House Democrats voted for child slave labor (you read that right)

At what point do you say enough?

As we careen downhill towards the finish line of reconciliation/debt ceiling/fiscal 2022 appropriations, things happen that make you wonder.

For instance, last week, Democrats voted for child slave labor (you read that right).

During a markup of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s portion of reconciliation, Democrats uniformly opposed Republican Rep. Pete Stauber’s amendment prohibiting taxpayer money from being used to buy products made or mined by child slave labor.

The amendment also required the secretary of commerce to certify that any electric vehicles, charging stations, solar panels or other infrastructure components do not contain minerals sourced with forced child labor.

It’s not clear how anyone could oppose any of this, but the Democrats did.

It is probably worth noting that the minerals mined by children in the Congo and processed by slaves in China are essential to batteries and other elements of electric vehicles.

Moar:

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/sep/22/house-democrats-voted-for-child-slave-labor-you-re/