Nike Executives Funneled Money To Democrat Who Just Blocked Uyghur Forced Labor Bill
THOMAS CATENACCIENERGY & ENVIRONMENT REPORTER
December 16, 20218:58 AM ET
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- Several top Nike executives funneled more than $60,000 to the re-election campaign of Democratic Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden over the course of just days in September.
- On Wednesday evening, Wyden blocked the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act which the House passed unanimously Tuesday and the Senate was expected to overwhelmingly approve.
- Nike, which has been linked to the Chinese forced labor the bill targets, is one of several corporations to lobby against the bill, The New York Times reported.
Several top Nike executives funneled more than $60,000 to the re-election campaign of Democratic Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden over the course of just 16 days in September.
On Wednesday evening, Wyden
blocked the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act which the House
passed unanimously Tuesday and the Senate was expected to overwhelmingly approve. President Joe Biden vowed to sign the bill once passed by both chambers and work with Congress to “ensure global supply chains are free of forced labor,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki
said in a statement....
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