[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 153 (Thursday, September 28, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H9594-H9595]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         REPEAL DAVIS-BACON ACT

  (Mrs. MYRICK asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. MYRICK. Mr. Speaker, today, the Economic and Educational 
Opportunities Committee will mark up its reconciliation package--that 
includes the repeal of the Davis-Bacon Act.
  The Budget Committee has already acted on this, and included it in 
the fiscal year 1996 budget resolution.
  Davis-Bacon needs to be repealed not only for budgetary reasons--but 
for commonsense reasons.
  This law serves no practical purpose in today's world.
  This law has been protected for many years because it takes Federal 
taxpayer money and puts it in the pocket of a small, but powerful 
interest in the form of a wage subsidy. 

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  The repeal of Davis-Bacon will open up the Federal construction 
market to fair and open competition and will eliminate the current 
monopoly on Federal jobs held by a few large companies.
  It will open up more construction jobs to semiskilled workers who 
wish to break into the construction field but are now prevented from 
doing so.
  The bottom line, Mr. Speaker, is the repeal of Davis-Bacon will give 
all American taxpayers a break on Federal construction costs.
  The Budget Committee has acted on this mandate. It is time for the 
rest of Congress to do the same.

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