[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12807]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            A GREAT VICTORY TODAY FOR THE AMERICAN WORKFORCE

  (Mr. LARSON of Connecticut asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. LARSON of Connecticut. Mr. Speaker, I rise to join my 
distinguished colleagues from Kansas and Washington State. I especially 
want to applaud the efforts of Norm Dicks and the hard work that he's 
done not only on the Defense appropriations subcommittee but throughout 
his career protecting American technology and workforce.
  This was a great victory today for the American workforce. So many of 
our jobs here, the critical mass of highly trained, highly skilled 
workers that reside here in this country don't know what a great favor 
was done today by GAO. This is a rare occurrence that this happens.
  But the case that was made by Boeing, that was carried out by Mr. 
Dicks and the committee, was so compelling, and the misdirection and 
information so badly flawed that Boeing was given, that the GAO 
overturned that decision.
  The Air Force has 60 days to respond, but let us hope that we can 
come together and follow the leadership of Mr. Dicks and get those 
tankers built here in this country.

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