Political Quotes

“Today there are several Washington, DC schools that are still closed due to construction problems. Earlier this year there were many that were delayed most of September because of construction problems. We need to not prescribe Davis-Bacon because it is expensive and it is an accounting nightmare. These schools need to stretch their construction money so that they can deal with the construction problems they have. This is not about fair labor rates. The fact is, this is about taking advantage of working Americans and the taxes they pay all across this country to subsidize labor rates to extraordinarily high levels. My taxpayers in Kentucky are paid far less than the wages we would prescribe. We have factory workers, policemen, teachers, gas station attendants, hair stylists, lots of people that go to work every day, and pay their taxes. We are asking them to subsidize wages at much higher rates. Their Federal tax money should not be wasted on these extraordinarily high rates. We should have the Government able to bid for these jobs just like we do everything else the Government purchases.”