Rosa DeLauro

Ms. DeLAURO

Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.

Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chair, I yield myself 45 seconds. The amendments en bloc includes a number of proposals offered by my Democratic colleagues. It reflects our shared values of investing in the American people to create good-paying jobs, grow opportunity, and provide a lifeline to the vulnerable. Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to support the important proposals contained in this en bloc, and I reserve the balance of my time.

Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chair, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Bishop), the chairman of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Subcommittee.

Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.

Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chair, pursuant to House Resolution 1232, I offer amendments en bloc.

Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I oppose these amendments en bloc. Davis-Bacon is a pretty simple concept and a fair one. What does the Davis-Bacon Act do? It protects the government as well as workers in carrying out the policy of paying a decent wage on government contracts. The Davis-Bacon Act requires that workers on federally funded construction projects be paid no less than the wages paid in the community for similar work. It requires that every contract for construction to which the Federal Government is a party, in excess of $2,000, contain a provision defining the minimum wages paid to various classes of laborers and mechanics. The House has taken numerous votes on this issue, and on every vote this body has voted to maintain Davis-Bacon requirements. We should not be attacking working-class people, men and women who work every single day for a decent paycheck, and their wages haven't been increased with the cost of inflation. We should defeat the amendment before us today, and we should move on to more important matters. Mr. Chair, I urge all Members to vote ``no,'' and I reserve the balance of my time.

Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Norcross).

Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Price), the chairman of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies for appropriations.

Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Virginia (Ms. Spanberger).

Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chairman, in closing, I just remind my colleagues, this body has rejected this amendment on a bipartisan basis time and time again. Speaking about inflation, we know that wages have not kept up with inflation, and working people are struggling, living paycheck to paycheck. Why are we dealing with an amendment that would try to curtail wages and prevailing wages for workers every day who go on a job and put forth all of their efforts to be able to get a decent wage to take care of their children, to be able to deal with inflation? It speaks loudly of my colleagues who refuse to believe that we need to have wages increase to help people fight inflation. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.

Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chair, pursuant to House Resolution 1232, I offer amendments en bloc.

Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.

Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.

Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.

Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.

Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume in closing. Mr. Chair, while I have offered this en bloc amendment for legislative efficiency, I strongly oppose it. The en bloc amendment makes severe, harmful changes to the bills that are under consideration. Included in the en bloc amendments there is a limitation on the Environmental Protection Agency to be able to hire new employees and detrimental efforts to the environment; it limits access to voting; and, in particular, infringes on a woman's access to healthcare. These amendments do not move our country forward, they really are harmful to all Americans. Mr. Chair, I urge all Members to oppose this amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chair, pursuant to House Resolution 1232, I offer amendments en bloc.

Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chair, I yield myself 45 seconds. The en bloc includes a number of proposals offered by my Democratic colleagues. It reflects our shared values of investing in the American people to create good-paying jobs, to grow opportunity, and provide a lifeline to the vulnerable. Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to support the important proposals contained in this amendment, and I reserve the balance of my time.

Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chair, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer), the majority leader.

Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Quigley), who is the chairman of the Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee.

Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Auchincloss).

Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee).

Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chair, I yield the gentlewoman from Texas an additional 1 minute.

Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.

Ms. DeLAURO. Madam Chairman, I move that the Committee do now rise.