Political Quotes

“Once again, this is not anti-Davis-Bacon. We want to make it an issue like that, but the statistics speak for themselves. The Federal Government is willing to pay the wages for our hardworking contractors on what they deserve, but as stewards of the taxpayer dollar, we must insist that these wages are accurate, fair, and transparent. The inspector general has stated there are fundamental problems with the current methodology. We owe it to the American taxpayer and the contractors themselves to make sure funds are based upon accuracy and wages are being paid fairly. The opposition claims to be fighting in favor of Davis-Bacon, but if they really cared about its longevity and effectiveness, they would support this amendment and improve and strengthen it. The opposition also believes this amendment is an attack on the American worker. Tell that to my contractors who have been put out of business with the military in south Arizona. Please tell them that when they couldn't calculate the Davis-Bacon application and were put out of business by the Department of Labor. That couldn't be further from the truth. This provides certainty and clarity to the wages of hardworking tradesmen and women across the country who perform services for the government. We as a body should be for fiscal responsibility and for proper worker compensation. This amendment is an opportunity to act exactly on this. I urge my colleagues to support this good-governance and commonsense approach.…”