David Thomas: “Here is one in behalf of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce favoring the competitive sourcing and opposing the amendment. Here…”

“Here is one in behalf of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce favoring the competitive sourcing and opposing the amendment. Here is the NFIB, the National Federation of Independent Businesses, which opposes the amendment. Citizens Against Government Waste is also in support of this. American Council of Engineering Companies, the National Taxpayers Union, and Americans for Tax Reform--all of these are in strong support of continuing to give the private sector an opportunity in these areas. I also finally would like to tell you there is a statement of administration policy here in which the administration indicates they will veto a bill that includes this kind of program. They say the administration understands the amendment will be offered on the Senate floor which would effectively shut down the administration's competitive sourcing initiative to fundamentally improve the performance of government in many commercial activities. The administration seeks to improve performance of Government services based on the comprehensive principle of competition, a proven way of protecting taxpayer dollars while providing better services and performance. Now is the wrong time to short circuit the implementation of this principle, especially since numerous agencies are starting to make real progress in providing public/private competition. If the final version of the bill contains such a provision, the President's senior advisers would recommend he veto the bill.”