Sens. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) and Katie Britt (R-AL) made public a July 1st letter they sent requesting that President Trump rescind the Biden-era, SWACCA-supported final rule mandating project labor agreements on federal construction projects valued at $35 million or more. This letter comes following SWACCA’s successful effort last month to advocate for the White House Office of Management and Budget to issue a memo clarifying that the “Trump Administration supports the use of PLAs when those agreements are practicable and cost effective, and blanket deviations prohibiting the use of PLAs are precluded.”
In the letter, the lawmakers say the EO “threatens the competitiveness of infrastructure bids, increases construction costs, and delays work on federal construction contracts procured by federal agencies.” The letter was also signed by 19 other Senate Republicans: Jim Banks (R-IN), John Barrasso (R-WY), Ted Budd (R-NC), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), John Hoeven (R-ND), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Jim Justice (R-WV), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Rand Paul (R-KY), Mike Rounds (R-SD), Rick Scott (R-FL), Tim Scott (R-SC), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Roger Wicker (R-MS), and Todd Young (R-IN).