PRESS RELEASE Kincaid Calls on Congress to Act as Oracle Files 3,000+ H-1B Petitions While Cutting American Jobs

For Immediate Release

Contact: Kincaid for Congress

Date: April 4, 2026

Press Release

Kincaid Calls on Congress to Act as Oracle Files 3,000+ H-1B Petitions While Cutting American Jobs

"You cannot lay off American workers and import foreign replacements at the same time. Congress must draw that line."

WASHINGTON'S 1ST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT — Kincaid, the Democratic candidate for Congress in Washington's 1st Congressional District, is responding to new federal data showing that Oracle Corporation has filed more than 3,000 H-1B visa petitions for foreign workers while simultaneously laying off thousands of American employees including approximately 500 workers in the Seattle area.

"This is exactly what we warned about with Microsoft, and now it is happening again with Oracle. American workers are being shown the door while corporations file thousands of petitions to bring in foreign replacements . That is not innovation. That is exploitation. And Congress keeps looking the other way." — Kincaid

The H-1B Problem Is Not Going Away

The H-1B visa program was designed to address genuine shortages of skilled workers in specialized fields. It was never intended to be a mechanism for replacing American workers with lower cost foreign labor. Yet that is precisely how it is increasingly being used and the data makes this impossible to deny.

Oracle's actions mirror a pattern this campaign highlighted last year when Microsoft spent $170 billion on stock buybacks over the past decade while simultaneously cutting American jobs. These are not isolated incidents. They are symptoms of a system that has tilted decisively in favor of corporations and away from the workers who build them.

The American workers losing their jobs at Oracle right now including hundreds in the Seattle area deserve better than a Congress that is too close to corporate donors to hold these companies accountable.

A Congress That Has Lost Touch

More than half of all members of Congress are millionaires. Since at least 2004, congressional members' net worth has grown significantly faster than that of the typical American household with Congress posting positive median annual gains while median household wealth declined over that same period.

Washington's own Representative Suzan DelBene now has a reported net worth of over $140 million more than double what it was when she was first elected to office. This campaign is not attacking anyone for being wealthy. The point is larger and more troubling. Congress no longer reflects the American people. It does not resemble the government "of the people, by the people, for the people" that Abraham Lincoln envisioned.

In a political system where mega-corporations and the people who run them wield enormous money, power, and influence, voters have every right to ask whose side their representatives are actually on. Many constituents in Washington's 1st District have expressed serious concern about the substantial donations Representative DelBene has received from corporate affiliated political action committees. Compared to other Democrats in Congress, the volume of corporate money flowing to her campaign is significantly higher. That warrants scrutiny, and voters deserve honest answers.

What Must Be Done

Kincaid is calling for immediate, concrete action on two fronts.

First, Congress must reform the H-1B visa program so that companies cannot simultaneously lay off American workers and import foreign replacements. The rule should be simple and non-negotiable. If you are cutting American jobs, you do not get to fill those roles with cheaper foreign labor. Equal pay requirements for H-1B workers must be strictly enforced, and visa petitions filed during active layoff periods must face rigorous scrutiny.

Second, the federal government must take seriously its responsibility to help workers transition into the jobs of the future. Artificial intelligence will continue to displace large numbers of workers across the tech sector and beyond. The jobs that remain in technology should be filled by American workers who have been given the training and support they need to compete. Congress cannot simply watch this wave arrive and do nothing.

Creating the Jobs of the Future

Not every job can be replaced by artificial intelligence. Fields that require deep human judgment, emotional intelligence, and hands on care. Addiction counselors, psychiatrists, nurses, social workers, community health professionals represent a growing frontier of stable, meaningful employment that AI cannot replicate.

Kincaid's comprehensive plan to end homelessness would not only transform how America addresses one of its most urgent crises it would create thousands of these uniquely human jobs in communities across the country. Jobs that pay well. Jobs that matter. Jobs that will still exist in twenty years.

That is the kind of forward thinking, people first policy that Washington's 1st District deserves and that its current representation has failed to deliver.

A Commitment to Working Families

"I am running for Congress because the people of Washington's 1st District and working people across this country deserve a representative who is not owned by the corporations writing the biggest checks. When Oracle can file thousands of foreign worker visas at the same moment it is handing pink slips to American employees, and Congress does nothing, that tells you everything you need to know about who this system is working for. I intend to change that." — Kincaid

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Kincaid is a moderate, common sense Democrat and candidate for Congress in Washington's 1st Congressional District. Kincaid has filed candidacy paperwork with the Federal Election Commission. State filing will be completed during Washington State's filing period of May 4–8, 2026. The campaign is focused on practical solutions for public safety, healthcare, homelessness, economic fairness, and accountable government.

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