Andrea Seastrand: “A paid protester. We call them rent-a-protester. This is an interesting thing; that when union Members found out that…”

“A paid protester. We call them rent-a-protester. This is an interesting thing; that when union Members found out that their dues were even increased, and that they were used to attack the new ideas that we are trying to push through here and work through in Congress, 59 percent said they would ask for a refund of their dues. The letter I read and the lady that appeared on a local television who is a firefighter, she says she is tired of her hard-earned money being used in such a way when she agrees with what we are trying to do in this different Congress; as I say, the Congress with a new attitude. They want to see that balanced budget, they want to see a $500 tax credit per child, they want to see a line-item veto. They want to see a change in Washington, DC. It is those Washington union bosses that, you know, they are gasping. They are on their last legs. They know if they do not get control of this House once more, it is kind of gone for a long, long time. Their special perks, their large salaries--here is the president, $192,500 a year. A chauffeur is getting $53,143 for the union boss. These are people that are living off my folks, your folks in Maryland, and the gentleman from the central coast of California, they are living off of our blue-collar workers. I think the moment many of these members find out more about this we are going to see a change.”