Matteo Renzi: “I want to thank my chairman and colleague from Arizona (Mr. Grijalva) and my neighbor from New Mexico (Mr. Pearce) for…”

“I want to thank my chairman and colleague from Arizona (Mr. Grijalva) and my neighbor from New Mexico (Mr. Pearce) for their assistance and support in helping us find a solution finally today. It has been 4 years in the making. I thank you, Mr. Grijalva and Mr. Pearce, for being a part of pushing this across the finish line. Our intention today is to provide legislation to fix a problem that affects almost 40 small business men and women throughout Arizona, Utah, New Mexico and the Southwest who are devastated by this unfortunate contract mismanagement that the National Park Service and Pacific General, Inc. were involved in. I know, Mr. Pearce, you remember from last Congress, in helping us finish on this, that many of these businesses are bankrupt today. Many of their sons and daughters aren't able to go to college because the Federal Government owes them money for work that they performed in the Grand Canyon. So today, we find a way to fix that with a technical correction in order for these subcontractors to get paid.”