David Price: “So you are giving me that commitment today?”

I urge my colleagues to sit up and take notice of this. This is quite an amendment--quite a radical amendment. It indiscriminately would cut a total of 36 percent from programs in Transportation and Housing without any regard for the…

First of all, the case you make for the authorization--the permanent authorization or CDBG-DR, we do need that.

I strongly oppose this amendment. It seeks to waive longstanding prevailing wage requirements that are contained in the Davis-Bacon Act. This act ensures that workers are paid decent wages while preventing contractors from undercutting…

We have about 4,100 unfilled teaching positions, paraprofessionals, other staff.