John Culberson: “I want to say again, as I mentioned earlier--and I think much of this has been said, so I won't belabor it--the State of…”

“I want to say again, as I mentioned earlier--and I think much of this has been said, so I won't belabor it--the State of Texas is a right-to-work State. There are very few, if any, labor unions in the State of Texas. We have them in a few industries, but not many. We have to be good stewards of the taxpayers' precious dollars, and the gentleman from Arizona's amendment makes good sense. We should pay the free-market wage. We should not force taxpayers to pay an artificially high union wage when a free-market wage is available and you can get a job done well at a far better price. That just makes common sense. Mr. Chairman, I urge adoption of the gentleman's amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.”