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H.R. 8468. A bill to protect the jobs of American railroad workers in cross border traffic with Mexico, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Gooden formally introduced a bill in the Congressional Record that claims to protect American railroad jobs on the U.S.-Mexico border. This is a concrete legislative action, but it is only an introduction/referral, not evidence that jobs were actually brought back from overseas.
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Congressman Lance Gooden introduced the Protecting American Railroad Workers Jobs Act, legislation to close a loophole that allows foreign rail crews to operate deep into the United States, undermining American jobs and weakening border security.
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Gooden publicly framed his recent legislative push as protecting American railroad jobs from foreign crews. This supports an active effort toward the promise, but it does not show implementation or measurable job reshoring.
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Newest: Gabe Vasquez (D-NM), Aug 27, 2026
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Within the lookback window, H.R. 8468 gained another cosponsor, showing continued legislative support for a Gooden-backed effort tied to protecting U.S.-based rail jobs. The tracker still lists the bill short of passage, so it does not show delivered job reshoring.
Mr. Pappas (for himself and Mr. Gooden) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Official bill text confirms Gooden was part of the introduction of H.R. 8468, but the recorded action was referral to committee, not enactment or implementation.
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The purpose of this Act is to ensure that foreign-trade zones in the United States continue--
(1) to operate in support of United States competitiveness
in manufacturing and distribution; and
(2) to create and preserve jobs in the United States.
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Gooden-sponsored H.R. 6792 is a jobs/manufacturing competitiveness effort related to preserving and creating U.S. jobs, but it does not itself prove jobs were brought back from overseas.
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Last Action Date Listed
December 17, 2025
Action
Mr. Gooden (for himself, Mr. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas, Ms. Foxx, Ms. De La Cruz, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Buchanan) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): GovInfo shows Gooden's foreign-trade-zone jobs bill was introduced and referred, with no official enacted status on the record used here.
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Newest: William R. Timmons IV (R-SC), Aug 27, 2026
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Within the lookback window, Gooden's H.R. 6792 gained a new cosponsor, indicating continuing support but not enactment or measurable job return from overseas.
Today, Congressman Lance Gooden (TX-05) introduced the Foreign-Trade Zone Export Enhancement Act of 2025, bipartisan legislation that will strengthen U.S. manufacturing, promote exports to key trading partners, and protect American jobs.
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Gooden framed H.R. 6792 as a jobs and manufacturing bill. This supports a documented effort, but not delivery of the broader promise to bring jobs back from overseas.
Public state: unverifiedAs of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): never.same_termA for effort
Gooden made a concrete federal legislative effort by introducing H.R. 8468, the Protecting American Railroad Workers Jobs Act, aimed at protecting some U.S. railroad jobs from foreign crews in cross-border traffic. But the evidence shows only introduction/referral and public advocacy, not enactment, implementation, or measurable return of jobs from overseas. The promised outcome was broad job reshoring, so this counts as a serious attempt but not delivery.
provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 93%