[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 128 (Thursday, August 3, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1613]
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                  SUPPORT OF THE DAVIS-MORAN AMENDMENT

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                         HON. DAVID FUNDERBURK

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, August 3, 1995
  Mr. FUNDERBURK. Mr. Speaker, last week I supported the Davis-Moran 
amendment to the VA/HUD appropriations bill. In my district in North 
Carolina the EPA has increased its permanent bureaucracy by hiring 
employees away from the private sector. This amounts to a confiscation 
of the primary asset--their human capital--of these small private, for-
profit, taxpaying companies.
  EPA's contractor conversion program in the Office of Research and 
Development was created not because of the private contractor's 
performance but because of EPA's own poor contract management. Rather 
than fixing their problem, EPA saw an opportunity to divert our 
attention, expand its bureaucracy, and raid the resources of its 
private sector competitors.
  EPA promised the Congress that savings would accrue to the Government 
if the contractor conversion program was approved. In fact, they 
projected over $6 million in savings in fiscal year 1996 for ORD alone. 
But like many bureaucrats' promises it was all smoke and mirrors. 
Instead of a surplus, they've come running back to Congress asking for 
more money.
  Mr. Speaker, it is high time to end this unfair practice. I believe 
that private contractors constitute a flexible and efficient mechanism 
for the delivery of necessary research services. Private companies 
should not have to worry that their human capital will be raided by a 
bloated, out-of-control government bureaucracy.


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