President Reagan has promised to veto the bill. Statistics show it would cost the U.S. an extra US $ 14 billion per year, with most of this burden falling on middle- and low-income families.
雷根總統也指出：若任金斯法案通過，美國消費者每年在紡織品方面的開銷，將增加一百四十億美元，而大部分的負擔都將落在中低收入的家庭。