At a time when Hurricane Katrina exposed the gaping hole of economic inequality and the shortcomings of our nation’s infrastructure, it is unbelievable and outrageous that the White House would lift the time-tested standard for insuring quality work and decent living standards for taxpayer-financed reconstruction.

Employers are all too eager to exploit workers. This is no time to make that easier. What a double tragedy it would be to allow the destruction of Hurricane Katrina to depress living standards even further.

Taking advantage of a national tragedy to get rid of a protection for workers the corporate backers of the White House have long wanted to remove is nothing less than profiteering.

Congress must reverse this short-sighted action.

Contact: Esmeralda Aguilar 202-637-5018