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Lateefah Simon: “But what we are doing in this labor-management provision is bypassing the committee of jurisdiction. I remind the…”

On the recordSeptember 30, 1996
But what we are doing in this labor-management provision is bypassing the committee of jurisdiction. I remind the Senator from Arizona--I do not think he was here when I mentioned it--this particular amendment was tried on the Appropriations Committee, was defeated in a 10 to 10 vote in the Appropriations Committee. It is a matter of real controversy. It injects the U.S. Congress into a labor-management dispute. I do not know which side is right, but I know that the committee of jurisdiction has not had a hearing on this; that the committee of jurisdiction has not acted, and all of a sudden we are adding this amendment. I do not think that is the way we ought to legislate.
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Lateefah Simon
California
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Discussing concerns over a labor-management provision in a bill during Senate debate.

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