ABC National staff and an ABC member testified at the June 27, 2024, U.S. House Oversight and Accountability Committee’s subcommittee hearing on President Biden’s controversial policies promoting and mandating anti-competitive and inflationary project labor agreements on federal and federally assisted projects.

The hearing, “Cutting Competition in Contracting: The Administration’s Pricey Project Labor Agreement Mandate”—held by the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation—gave ABC an important platform to shed light on the Biden administration’s controversial pro-PLA policies.

Ben Brubeck, ABC vice president of regulatory, labor and state affairs, provided written testimony and opening remarks attacking the Biden administration’s pro-PLA policies.

The opening statement and written testimony of Aric Dreher of Cianbro––an ABC member contractor headquartered in Pittsfield, Maine, building federal and federally assisted construction projects––described how Biden PLA policies injure Cianbro and other merit shop general contractors and subcontractors by reducing competition and harming the merit shop workforce. Cianbro signed an affidavit in support of ABC’s ongoing federal lawsuit in Jacksonville, Florida, against the Biden rule requiring PLAs on federal construction contracts of $35 million or more.

Check out this hearing recap for links to key video moments of the hearing.

ABC continues to fight for fair and open competition on taxpayer-funded construction projects. Find more information at the ABC-led federal coalition website, BuildAmericaLocal.com, and get details on the Biden administration’s PLA mandate policy on federal construction projects at abc.org/BidenPLAFAQs.