[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 71 (Thursday, May 17, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E841]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


        NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013

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                               speech of

                        HON. ROSCOE G. BARTLETT

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 17, 2012

       The House in Committee of the Whole House on the state of 
     the Union had under consideration the bill (H.R. 4310) to 
     authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2013 for military 
     activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe 
     military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2013, and for 
     other purposes:

  Mr. BARTLETT. Mr. Chair, I submit the following list of organizations 
supporting Amendment 8, the Bartlett/Flake Amendment:
       American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC)
       Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC)
       Associated General Contractors (AGC)
       Business Coalition for Fair Competition (BCFC)
       Construction Industry Round Table (CIRT)
       Independent Electrical Contractors (IEC)
       Merit Elevator Contractors Association of America (MECAA)
       National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC)
       National Black Chamber of Commerce (NBCC)
       National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB)
       National Right to Work (NRTW)
       National Taxpayers Union (NTU)
       Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (SBEC)
       U.S. Chamber of Commerce
       Women Construction Owners & Executives, USA (WCOE, USA)

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