Political Quotes

“H.R. 4881, introduced by Representative Ellsworth, is a very important bill. It's a simple one. It's a commonsense bill. It would prohibit the award of Federal contracts to companies that don't pay their Federal taxes. It accomplishes this by requiring contractors to certify they do not have a serious delinquent debt, and to authorize the Treasury Department to disclose such information to contracting agencies. The Federal Government should not be granting Federal contracts to companies that won't pay their taxes. Companies that cheat on their taxes have an unfair competitive advantage when bidding for Federal contracts because their costs are lowered. This bill will level the playing field and restore fairness to the Federal procurement system. Representative Towns, who is the chairman of the subcommittee, along with Mr. Ellsworth, have put a lot of time and effort into addressing these concerns and in crafting a very good bill, and I want to thank them for all their hard work. The end product before us today is solid legislation which should have bipartisan support, and which I hope will address this issue once and for all.”