Political Quotes

“I am bemused to hear some Republicans on this floor arguing for quotas. I thought the administration and the Republican Congress stood against quotas. I want to make it clear I do not support quotas in any context, and I certainly do not support or believe Government can tolerate deciding who gets to perform Government work by the numbers. Let us be clear. The Moran amendment leaves in place total ability to contract out work. It is contracting out without competition that assures a fair deal for the taxpayers that is at issue here on this floor. Contracting by the quotas is arbitrary on its face. Here is an example. In 1 year, they are supposed to go from 15 percent quota to 50 percent quota in certain job categories. That does not exactly lead to careful analysis. And the DOD has decided that the way to meet such an escalated quota is to simply contract out all of the work without any competition. The other agencies are sure to follow when they see that that is how DOD is going to do it. Why not let civil servants compete to do this work? They have been doing it. Let us see who does it best.”