The White House is restoring Davis-Bacon labor protections for Gulf Coast reconstruction projects. If anything ought to spur redevelopment in the area, it's putting money in the pockets of local workers enough to feed their families and restore their homes. Representative George Miller (D-CA) writes about how Congress made it happen in this TPMCafe post.
Representatives talking to constituents, laborers getting paid fair wages for dangerous and difficult work . . . it brings a tear to my eye.
Posted by Kriston at October 26, 2005 5:19 PM