Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: *ERR08* At the end of division B (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. ___…

Mr. Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume. This is the amendment that doesn't allow Federal funding to support any project that enforces Davis-Bacon rules. Davis-Bacon rules have--actually, it is the last remaining Jim Crow law…

Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk made in order by the rule. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of division B (before the short title), insert the…

Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk made in order by the rule. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of division H (before the short title), insert the…

Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk made in order under the rule. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of division E (before the short title), insert the…

Mr. Chairman, may I inquire as to how much time I have remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Iowa has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining. {time} 2115

I think I have a fairly easy question for Dr. Schwartz, but before I do that, I want to say that we have this program that is a CHIP program for my State of Iowa.

The goal of this legislation is to ensure that sick kids have access to the very best care.

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman, this is an amendment that requires that new hires under this appropriations bill are verified under E-Verify before they can go to work. It ensures that those funds…

Mr. Chairman, I would just conclude that this is the first time I have heard that Davis-Bacon was formed to protect minority migrant workers that came out of Alabama to work in New York. That seems to me to be Members of Congress…

Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent to modify my amendment by the modification at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the modification. The Clerk read as follows: Modification to amendment No. 88 offered by Mr. King of…

Mr. Chairman, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Carter).

Mr. Chairman, in response, I have heard a piece of history revisionism. Now is the first time I recall, in all these debates that we have had, that the purpose of Davis-Bacon, which does produce a result of union scales imposed by, as I…

Mr. Chairman, I would just reiterate that we are getting reports that there are gaps in this enforcement and, spending my life in a contracting business, I would remind the Members that we have general contractors, we have first tier…

Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentlewoman for her consent to this unanimous consent request which will help expedite our debate here on this long appropriations discussion that we are having. This is the amendment that requires that E-Verify…

Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk made in order by the rule. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of division H (before the short title), insert the…

Mr. Chairman, in response to the gentleman's comments, I am not at all convinced that it is needless. The reports that I am getting are that E-Verify has not been adequately enforced, especially at the contractor and subcontractor level…

Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk made in order by the rule. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of division E (before the short title), insert the…