Nancy L. Johnson: “the proponents of this amendment say that they are going to hire Federal employees to take over the security of our…”

“the proponents of this amendment say that they are going to hire Federal employees to take over the security of our airports. Listen to who they are going to hire. People who are not protected by our civil rights laws. They are not going to even give these employees the protection of fair labor standards. Why should they not have the protection of minimum wage and time and a half for overtime laws? Why is it you do not trust that you could hire Federal employees under all of our fair employment practices, acts, all of our nondiscrimination acts, all of the law that provides family and medical leave? Why do you not think you can hire people who can do screening under those circumstances? In the private sectors Brinks, Wells-Fargo, Pinkerton, Wackenhut who provide security at weapons factories, they can hire security personnel that also have the right to the protection of our civil rights laws, to the protection of fair labor standards laws, to the protection of the family medical leave law. We know it can be done. You are giving us a sham bill that says you are going to do this under Federal law. You have to give the Attorney General the right to hire out from under all of the Federal employment laws that protect working people. It is an outrage.”