Xavier Becerra: “I fully support the funding increases in this bill for drug interdiction. Unfortunately, at the last moment, provisions…”

“I fully support the funding increases in this bill for drug interdiction. Unfortunately, at the last moment, provisions were added to this bill which changes character and also made it an anti-worker bill. Why this bill takes a swipe at workers I do not understand, but it does. Sections 221 and 222 of title II of this bill would remove the negotiating rights for front-line drug enforcement personnel, the very people that we are asking to take on this risky task of stopping drugs from coming through. Those employees put their life on the line. They should have every right to decide under what conditions they would work. Now, management does not have to agree to everything; and that is what the collective bargaining process is for. If we allow the process to work, it would work very well. Unfortunately, even in this own House, we do not follow process.”