I ask that the record clearly reflect my full and firm opposition to S. 1011.

Is the bill Constitutional?

Recognizing Native Hawaiians as an Indian tribe and sovereign entity without participating in the standard federal recognition process sets a dangerous precedent, threatens the framework of our nation, and, above all, is unconstitutional.

The Department of Defense paid $8 billion in unwarranted bonuses to contractors for weapons programs that had severe cost overruns.

The President said he would like to competitively bid everything, even the things that we are trying to do that have not been done yet.

Americans think we do not get it up here.

Medicare and Medicaid paid out more than $312 million last year for quality care bonuses to nursing homes that provided below-average care.

NASA paid Boeing a bonus of $425 million for work on the Space Station that ran 8 years late.

But we do have more corn that is out there and more contracts, right?

That is a concern that I have because I think if we become too restrictive here, the invested capital goes somewhere else.

That is why we see China doing what they are doing.