I do not believe that we should interfere with active prosecutions under the guise of oversight.
we had 397,000 factories in this country at the beginning of the last decade. We only have 343,000 now.
we have thousands of jobs that are at stake here.
Well, the last time I looked that the NLRB was an arm of the U.S. Congress.
No. We investigate every single charge that's filed in every one of our regional offices.
But it doesn't have to be, doesn't it? It doesn't have to be.
Well, why is that?
They should, shouldn't they?
So it is not overwhelming. It is not clear and convincing. It is not beyond a reasonable doubt.
But you don't have to seek that remedy. You have autonomy. You don't have to seek that remedy.
The standard of proof necessary to prosecute, the standard to prosecute is what?
Absolutely not.
As Members of Congress, we should not set aside the law to give preferred treatment to any one company.
If you do not, I believe you may, intentionally or not, permit the legal process to be tainted by political interference...
So we need--as a Congress, we need to empower the Postmaster General to be able to make those decisions based on economi...
Americans deserve an efficient, effective government that works for them.
Our solemn responsibility is to hold government accountable to taxpayers.
But I also know--and I want to address this to Mr. Williams--that there are issues out there that we must confront.
