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Pete Hoekstra: “If we put in the prevailing wage provision without the people here in Washington determining the wages, we will lose, I…”

On the recordApril 30, 1997
If we put in the prevailing wage provision without the people here in Washington determining the wages, we will lose, I say to the gentleman from North Carolina [Mr. Ballenger], anywhere from 10 to 20 percent, maybe more of the purchasing power. So this $5 billion, and it is going--I mean we will lose more than that because this is just a partial contribution to these projects, but the whole project will then be subject to Davis or to the prevailing wage law.
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Pete Hoekstra
Michigan

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Discussing the impact of prevailing wage provisions on purchasing power during a debate.

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