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Donald M. Payne: “as the gentleman mentioned, we talk about promoting the general welfare and we talk about providing for the common…”

On the recordJanuary 28, 2004
as the gentleman mentioned, we talk about promoting the general welfare and we talk about providing for the common defense. There is no question that we have provided for the common defense even above the defense, but in a military budget that is a different budget than a defense budget. But are we providing for the other things that we said? We are not. Architects and engineers, buildings to be designed are being outsourced. We would like to have a 30-story building with glass and chrome; and you write up something and send it out, and engineers and architects in India are coming up with architectural designs for companies that win the bids.
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Donald M. Payne
New Jersey
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the outsourcing of architectural and engineering services during a budget debate.

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