Another Republican pretense of providing jobs.

The republican House rep from AZ proposed a bill to the house make a land swap to be able to open an agreed copper mine run by an Australian co. in Az.

“House set to approve bill for giant Arizona mine” http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2011/10/26/20111026arizona-mine-development-superior.html#ixzz1buFuMWN1

Resolution Copper the copper mine stated

“Once the mine is open, which is projected to happen in 2021, it would employ about 1,400 people. Resolution Copper said most of those workers will be Arizonans. The mine will also create about 2,300 non-direct jobs, including contractors who supply fuel, tires, cement and steel, company officials said.”

Gosar the republican rep and the other AZ republican Congressmen are all for it.

“Gosar, speaking on the House floor, touted the jobs that the copper mine could bring to Arizona. Developers say the project would create about 3,000 jobs to build the mine over the next decade.”
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2011/10/26/20111026arizona-mine-development-superior.html#ixzz1buLRTWKg

But :

“Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Fla., warned that there is nothing to prevent Resolution Copper's parent company, Australia-based Rio Tinto, from bringing in foreign workers to run the mine or using robotic technology that can be operated from outside the United States.”

 http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2011/10/26/20111026arizona-mine-development-superior.html#ixzz1buGNxnE6

The AZ Democratic rep Grijalva, had a solution for this that made perfect sense.

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The other three, by Democrats, are likely to fail.
One of those, by Grijalva, would require that the remote operations center for the proposed mine be located in the local community, that the company actively recruit and hire local employees, that all ore produced from the mine be processed in the United States and that all equipment used at the mine be made in the United States.”

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2011/10/26/20111026arizona-mine-development-superior.html#ixzz1buFfmqqk

 What is wrong with expecting the company to make use of the American workers, and to use American equipment and resources for Americans.
Why are these reps. totting this as a bill that will create jobs when they refuse to guarantee the jobs will even be in the USA?