“Committed to repeal the Davis-Bacon Act (the federal construction prevailing-wage law), repeatedly reintroducing his Davis-Bacon Repeal Act on the argument it inflates federal spending and hurts workers.”
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Verified. The promise was to keep championing repeal of the Davis-Bacon Act by repeatedly reintroducing Lee's Davis-Bacon Repeal Act on the arguments that it inflates federal spending and hurts workers. The evidence documents genuine LEADERSHIP, not a mere vote or support: (1) The reachable, fully-verified Lee Senate press release (April 30, 2026) shows Lee AUTHORED and introduced the repeal, organized a GOP cosponsor coalition (Cruz, Rick Scott, Tim Scott, Britt, Johnson, Lankford, Budd), and coordinated a House companion by Rep. Burlison. Lee's direct quote is confirmed verbatim: "It is an antiquated piece of legislation that hurts middle class workers and every American taxpayer. Repealing this single bill would save tens of billions of tax dollars" — matching the promise's exact arguments. (2) The reintroduction pattern is confirmed: S.3941 (118th Cong., Davis-Bacon Repeal Act, Lee sponsor, introduced March 14, 2024) and S.4477 (119th Cong., "A bill to repeal the wage requirements of the Davis-Bacon Act," Lee sponsor). This is authorship + repeated reintroduction + coalition-building = CHAMPIONED. It is correctly NOT rated FULL: the ultimate goal (actual repeal) has not been achieved — the bill sits in the Senate HELP Committee with no floor action or enactment (Davis-Bacon remains in force). Congress.gov returned HTTP 403 to the fetch bot, but both bills were independently confirmed via web search plus LegiScan/GovTrack and the corroborating Burlison House release, and the outcome-determining evidence resides in the reachable press release, so the 403 is a bot-block rather than a dead/fabricated source. One immaterial rationale slip: it states "8 GOP cosponsors" while the release lists 7 — does not affect the outcome.
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