Governor vetoes bills on offshoring jobs

SACRAMENTO: Governor vetoes bills on offshoring jobs
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed one of legislative Democrats' biggest priorities of the year Wednesday by rejecting three measures intended to prevent businesses from sending jobs abroad. The chief bill would have prohibited the state from contracting with any company that planned to use foreign workers to do the job. The other two measures would have banned health care companies from storing consumers' health information outside the country and prohibited the state from outsourcing work done by the state's Office of Homeland Security.
Schwarzenegger characterized an outsourcing ban as a restriction of foreign trade that could hurt the economy and stymie entrepreneurship.
"Our focus should not be on erecting artificial barriers that that will thwart the spirit of our citizens and the businesses that will help our economy grow,'' he said.