Political Quotes

“I appreciate the subcommittee chairman yielding, my very dear friend, and the gentleman from Pennsylvania. The way I read this, section 505 begins with ``none of the funds provided under this act'' and continues to say, ``contracts out or privatizes any function or activities presently performed by Federal employees,'' which is under section 505(6), and it is this (6) that contracts out or privatizes any function: ``No funds can be for contracts or privatization of any function or activities performed by Federal employees.'' Now, to me that's pretty straightforward. I'm simply saying that we would amend that and say we're going to strike that to where there is nothing in there that says none of these funds provided in this section shall be provided where you can contract out or privatize any function. That's all I'm simply trying to say. It would be equally a part of any funds in section 505 to say it could be contracted out.”