Reclaiming my time, Mr. Chairman, and expending the balance of it, I would point out that some of these wages that we are looking at here, here are laborers in Indiana, a total of $34.63 an hour. Here is an asbestos worker, $46.05 an hour. There are more here in the records, and I don't think that these are the kind of numbers that the gentleman is talking about. And I constantly hear the script read to us from the other side but never a response. Mr. Chair, I urge its adoption, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Iowa (Mr. King). The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes appeared to have it.
Steve King: “Reclaiming my time, Mr. Chairman, and expending the balance of it, I would point out that some of these wages that we…”
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