Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I have enjoyed hearing this, and I would say, if the gentleman from New York, if what he were saying were correct, he would be right and I think all of us would vote for this amendment. But he's not. He's not right. The amendment, the language he seeks to strike does not forbid or prohibit the use of PLAs. You don't have to take my word for it. I was the author of the amendment, and we expressly did it so as not to prohibit or allow or anything. It would simply be neutral. And this is what CRS said. So you can say all you want about motives or anything else, but this is what CRS said. They wrote back to us and said: Based on the plain language of the amendment's text, PLAs for military construction projects would not be forbidden. Again, ``would not be forbidden.'' It is expressly--let me read that again so I'll be clear. Based on the plain language of the amendment's text, PLAs for military construction projects would not be forbidden, as it expressly provides that ``[n]one of the funds made available by this act may be used by any government authority . . . to require or prohibit . . . bidders . . . to enter into . . . agreements with one or more labor organizations.'' Here we have it. It's neutral. That's what we're intending to do. The problem is what we sought to correct with the amendment in committee was when the President issued this executive order.…”