Washington, May 19 -- Rep. John B. Larson issued the following press release:
Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) offered two amendments to ensure a fair contracting process and a Project Labor Agreement for construction of the new Smithsonian American Women's History Museum. Larson has been a strong supporter of the bipartisan effort in Congress to build a Women's History Museum and a National Museum of the American Latino. Republicans walked away from this process, attempting to give President Trump unprecedented power over the Women's History Museum, including the erasure of all transgender representation, and rejecting the Latino museum entirely. Republicans on the House Rules Committee voted as a bloc to reject Larson's amendments, ove...