Political Quotes

“This amendment provides for an additional $3 million reduction. The GPO budget has asked for $3 million to pay down a shortfall which they claim is owed because of printing done in prior years. This so-called shortfall appears to be a subsidy to cover the losses incurred on executive branch printing which they are passing on to the congressional printing charge. Madam Chairman, the GPO must become more efficient. The GPO needs to downsize and employ only the appropriate number of workers to do the printing of the three branches of Government in the most cost-effective manner possible. Perhaps more of the work of the legislative branch could be done by the private sector. I understand the work done at GPO usually runs twice the cost to produce the same job printed by the private sector under contract to GPO. We simply have to control costs at GPO. Just 2 weeks ago the Joint Committee on Printing and Oversight for the GPO directed the agency to take immediate and forceful steps to find cost savings within the agency.”