On the recordOctober 23, 2003
I have a couple of points I had intended to make. It was brought up before that this system, as it exists now, doesn't require savings. That is not the case. You don't grant a contract unless there are going to be savings. They talked about no alternatives. That is what competition is all about, to take advantage of the alternatives. Someone mentioned management of contracts. That is not a brand new idea. A lot of contracting goes on around the world, particularly in the private sector, and you always have to manage those. So we have a real opportunity to strengthen competitive outsourcing here. That is what our amendment does. It doesn't go back to zero, but it strengthens it from where we are. We had a similar one before that the Senate rejected. I urge the Senate to reject this one as well.
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