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Rick Santorum: “What would happen is a couple of things. According to the Grassley amendment, it is my understanding they would be roped…”

On the recordJuly 10, 1997
What would happen is a couple of things. According to the Grassley amendment, it is my understanding they would be roped in no matter whether they did any work or not. They would be covered under this because their company is. It doesn't limit it just to people involved in defense contracts. It is anybody in the country. That is No. 1. No. 2, it would shift the cost of paying those salaries away from the defense contract to the private sector, which would make them less competitive out there in the private commercial sector, which would then probably say, Look, we can't be as competitive out there in the private sector. We are just going to walk away from this defense contract.
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Rick Santorum
Republican · Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the implications of the Grassley amendment on defense contracts and private sector competitiveness.

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