Moving forward, we must strengthen our support of issues, in my view, like the PRO Act.

I am thankful to live in and represent Virginia, a right to work State, where employees thankfully cannot be forced to pay union dues.

For some reason, many union leaders would rather double down on defending a terrorist organization, than focus on local workers' issues.

God forbid that we should ever have realized into law the democrats dream of this PRO Act, which essentially says to every employer across the country, 'Embrace a union or close your doors.'

I want to apologize to Jewish Americans here today, and across the country, for the necessity of having this hearing.

if anything, they should pursue, they should advocate on behalf of the workplace interest of workers, rather than pursuing a radical, political agenda that alienates their members.

unions choose to spend time and money advancing their divisive and anti-American political agenda.

the politicization of unions is not new.

It is a moral imperative that demands our unwavering commitment.

He deserves respect and dignity and not drive-by shootings calling for him to step aside.

No, but I do believe the White House has a shrinking window in which to turn this around if it can be turned around.

I have seen firsthand in my district what happens when project labor agreements are excluded from construction projects.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I just want to point out that Mr. Dreher and his company, Cianbro, belong to the Associated General Contractors of America...

I keep hearing from my Republican friends that everyone wants to protect the North Atlantic right whale.

And is it further your testimony, if I heard you correctly, independent of your own company, though your experience would mirror this, that there is actually compiled data empirically demonstrating that PLA projects actually tend to come…

And just to be clear about your testimony here today, it is your testimony that your company, going back to 1901, has, in fact, used PLAs as an effective tool successfully, and you have found it to be a felicitous relationship facilitating…

Certainly that was my experience. I mean, I literally had the experience of the Silver Line.

I would ask unanimous consent to enter into the record the letter from the Association of Union Constructors and more than 1,700 members in support of project labor agreements.