Joe Courtney: “But what you can't do in my mind in terms of the labor standards is cut taxes on wealthy people so that you cannot pay…”

You’d basically have to tear the plane down to the studs and rebuild it to meet all the survivability, security and communications requirements of Air Force One.

This is incredibly problematic and entirely unjustifiable. Put simply, there is no reason for Congress to actively remove these protections for those fighters who choose to sign with the UBO, and there is no reason for a UBO to be exempt…

This is just going to be one of those milestones that our children and grandchildren are going to experience. It’s a big deal.

The Interior Department should take the hint and let the thousands of construction workers finish the job.