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American politician (1926-2015)
Suppose all the money they could save went into buying computers. This is capital outlay, the same deal. In other words, the money that they have to spend on higher construction costs could go into computers, all kinds of equipment that…
The saddest thing of all is the only people that will have to use this are the poorest school districts in the country. In other words, they do not have the taxing power to back up the bond issues they could sell, so they are going to have…
An inspector general's report has blown this whistle on the Davis-Bacon Act, and that 1931 law by which the Labor Department drives up the cost of federally subsidized construction by requiring what are in effect union wages. A Federal…
Well, the truth of the matter is you know as well as I do that if you add this additional labor cost--I mean suppose the President is going to guarantee your interest rate on your bonds that you have. North Carolina sold a billion, $200…
Let me give another one. The case showed that 7 asphalt machines, extremely large machines, as big as trucks, were used to pave a parking lot for an Internal Revenue Service building in Oklahoma. Workers supposedly were paid $15 an hour…
For instance, a wage survey submitted to the Department of Labor, this is in Oklahoma, showed a $20 million renovation occurred at the University of Oklahoma football stadium involving 28 workers. In reality no work was done on the…
Strangely enough, we had heard that there were strange things going on in Oklahoma. Luckily for us, the Secretary of Labor out there had investigated the actual operation of the Davis-Bacon law as far as Oklahoma was concerned.
The gentleman is correct. Whether the agreement to accept comp time is negotiated by the union or by the individual employee, the use of comp time belongs to the employee who earned it. Neither the employer nor the union may require an…
2 years ago I signed the Contract With America. I am as proud of that decision today as I was then. I have been blessed and honored to have been part of history; to be part of a movement dedicated to a brighter and a more hope-filled…
Good news for all Americans today. Not only has President Clinton agreed to sign the bipartisan welfare reform bill, he has said he will also sign the bipartisan health care reform bill. With the enactment of the health care bill, this…
Section 15(a) of the Fair Labor Standards Act applies to any person who is covered by the act. H.R. 2391 does not change or affect coverage of section 15(a) in any way.
We recognize that problem and we changed it. We removed the word ``willful'' in our bill. For those people that are not sure what changes we have made in the description of the bill here on the report, we have in there the changes that we…
That is the reason the Department of Labor is involved; to give them the authority does not cost anything. The gentleman's labor leader Mr. Reich, I am sure, would be happy to do it.
They can go to court on their own or they could go to the Secretary of Labor, who is not a friend of business, and he will do it for them to enforce that law.
Is it fair that any union member should automatically have money deducted from his or her paycheck to pay for political candidates or causes with which he or she disagrees? It is fair that a union member should have to battle his or her…
For the gentlewoman's benefit, I want to note that North Carolina will lose about 19,100 jobs, probably from the eastern part of the State.
Now the President wants to ``make work pay'' by raising the minimum wage. Yet just 2 years ago he said that raising the minimum wage is ``the wrong way to raise the income of low-wage earners.'' President Clinton knows that upgrading…
The Democrats have detailed their own Medicare plan, best referred to as the Fred Astaire of Medicare. Light on its feet and even lighter on its details, the Democrats' plan dances around the hard decisions of the Medicare crisis in search…
As I spent August back home with family and neighbors, I had time to reflect upon why I am here. It's easy to get caught up in inside-the-beltway activities and small battles and forget why our constituents sent us here. I will tell…
This fall is about a promise and a choice. The promise is to balance the budget. The choice is whether or not we keep our word. How many Members of this body, from both sides of the aisle, campaigned on a promise of fighting for a balanced…
The one book that the Democrats are real scared of is the Contract With America. This book is No. 3 on the New York Times best seller list. It is so popular because it is the change the American people have been waiting for. It is the…
What are the real issues facing Americans today? Nonexisting payments for book deals or House historians who are on the job for 1 day? I do not think they really care about that. Americans are concerned about the economy. They are…
How do the American people feel about President Bill Clinton? Well, according to the latest polls, not so good. In fact, 50 percent of the people don't trust the President to make the right decision on foreign policy. Indeed, in the latest…
This April 15th, the first round of the Clinton taxes are due. While the IRS is not made up of crazed serial killers, it is under orders from the President and the Democratic majority to collect the largest tax increase in history. And…
Tonight, President Clinton will seek to blame Republicans for every ill that has stricken his administration. He will blame Republicans for the sad fact that the Democrats could not complete a crime bill before the Easter recess. He will…
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