Burgess Owens: “this Sabo amendment will save the District of Columbia from being another experimental ground for a bad piece of…”

“this Sabo amendment will save the District of Columbia from being another experimental ground for a bad piece of legislation. Davis-Bacon saves money. There is a study by Peter Phillips, a professor of the University of Utah, which showed that Davis-Bacon actually saves money on school construction. Davis-Bacon has many other benefits. Davis-Bacon provides programs for apprentices and training in a way that no other construction programs do. Davis-Bacon has been around for a long time. It operates to the benefit of construction industry workers. I submit this for the Record to answer the lies about Davis-Bacon: District of Columbia Appropriations Bill Davis-Bacon Act Provisions Section 363 of the D.C. Appropriations bill would allow the D.C. Contracting Officer for Public Schools to waive Davis-Bacon prevailing wages for workers on school construction and repair projects. Despite a 1995 Congressional Budget Office scoring indicating that repealing Davis-Bacon would not produce sizable savings, opponents continue to assert that if you do away with labor protections on school construction projects, the taxpayer will save money on construction costs. Repealing or waiving Davis-Bacon will not save money on school construction.”