Joe Courtney actually said...

"Frankly, I wish we did more of this, in terms of really learning from other examples around the world."

"the Bureau of Labor Statistics in January reported that union membership among State and local government employees actually held steady."

"And other examples of compelling State interest would be, again, the access to healthcare, coverage for medically prescribed services."

"So basically what has happened is the compelling State interest has sort of then continued to be degraded..."