While Americans Open Their Hearts...
Administration's Policies Hurt Katrina's Victims
September 12, 2005 President Bush's suspension of Davis-Bacon's prevailing wages appears to be only the start of a wave of public policy decisions that will hurt the very victims of Katrina who our government should be protecting.
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The Washington Post reports that "scores of Mississippi National Guardsmen in Iraq who lost their homes to Hurricane Katrina have been refused even 15-day leaves to aid their displaced families, told by commanders there are too few U.S. troops in Iraq to spare them."
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The AFL-CIO reports that wage supports under the Service Contract Act could be suspended soon on federal contracts in hurricane-hit areas. (The Service Contract Act covers hundreds of IBEW members).
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President Bush has suspended the Jones Act, which requires transport of petroleum, gasoline and petroleum products on U.S.-flagged ships while operating in U.S. coastal waters.
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The chairman of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., rejected a request by Rep. John Conyers, D- Mich. and 31 Democrats to exempt Hurricane Katrina victims from changes in the U.S. bankruptcy laws that were passed earlier this year which make it more difficult for citizens to declare bankruptcy.
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