The bill I introduce today will crack down on the enormous, mostly foreign-owned garment industry that employ thousands of foreign workers to sew foreign fabric into garments bearing the 'Made in USA' label which is then shipped to the…

Today forty seven of our colleagues join Mr. Spratt and myself in introducing the Insular Fair Wage and Human Rights Act of 1999 which will permit the U.S. territory of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (U.S./ CNMI) to be…

However, his most meaningful legacy rests in his unflinching commitment to providing information to the public, frequently in the face of intense resistance from government officials.

The U.S./CNMI has morphed into an offshore sweatshop, wrapping itself in the American flag to circumvent quota restrictions and escape payment of hundreds of millions of dollars in duties on imported garments.

Mr. Schnapper, who passed away last week at the age of 86, was a distinguished editor and author, a man devoted to providing the American people with more information about their government and its policies.

We owe it to the taxpayers of the United States, to the textile workers of this country who are enduring unfair competition, and to the garment workers and other foreign workers in Saipan who are being forced to experience a distasteful…

Numerous reports by journalists and the media, human rights workers, Federal agencies, religious organizations, and the administrations of Presidents Reagan, Bush and Clinton have documented widespread human rights abuses suffered by…

The Congress cannot continue to irresponsibly ignore the worsening crisis or the exploitation of tens of thousands of foreign workers on American soil.

The Davis-Bacon Act drives up the cost of federal construction costs by as much as 50 percent.

Davis-Bacon artificially inflates construction costs through a series of costly work rules and requirements.

I, therefore, urge all my colleagues to join me in supporting the Davis-Bacon Repeal Act of 1999.

The resulting disparities in employment create a demand for affirmative action, another ill-suited and ill-advised big government program.

The most compelling reason to repeal Davis-Bacon is to benefit to the American taxpayer.

We should take tough measures to ensure that India learns to respect basic human rights.

This kind of religious oppression does not deserve American support.

Most small construction firms cannot afford to operate under Davis-Bacon's rigid job classifications or hire the staff of lawyers and accountants needed to fill out the extensive paperwork required to bid on a federal contract.

Americans pay a huge price in lost jobs, lost opportunities and tax-boosting cost overruns on federal construction projects every day Congress allows Davis-Bacon to remain on the books.

Clearly, there is no religious freedom for these Christians in India.