Political Quotes

“Yes. But then it goes further so there was a complaint because some people didn't want that in. The complaint came back and the Army Corps came back and said that they should receive additional consideration if they do use a PLA and that should be strictly forbidden. And so there is--there is a problem here. We do have a problem here with the agencies interpreting this in a way that would require the use of the PLA or give added weight to the use of a PLA. Now, when the gentleman says this amendment is not required because it's not prescriptive, the current law without the executive order is the same thing. {time} 2310 They can consider the use of a PLA. Nothing prohibits that now. So all the Executive order is doing is giving some agencies reason to maybe mandate the use of a PLA. And that's why we're trying to strike the Executive order. The scenario that the gentleman from Washington describes where nobody is requiring or mandating anything, that exists without the Executive order. So that's what we're trying to do here is remove that Executive order that gives added weight to PLAs. Now, in Arizona, for example, 90-some percent of workers there are not union workers. They don't want a PLA. And if you have a project that gives added weight to PLAs, that disenfranchises a lot of people in Arizona, more than 90 percent of the population. So we just can't do that. We shouldn't do that. And so the gentleman's amendment should be accepted. We did a similar one.…”