One of my life's missions has been to put up a permanent roadblock on the destructive and demoralizing path that has entrapped too many boys and young men of color and other at risk youth.

We also need to remove the barriers to employment for those with arrest records and other criminal backgrounds.

The importance of today's hearing cannot be overstated.

We heard how the Protecting the Right to Organize Act can safeguard the fundamental human rights to organize a union.

We heard from Mr. Trumka how the PRO Act can prevent abuse of workers' rights through penalties and holding coercive captive audience meetings, making people sit and not move.

the right to join a union is an internationally recognized human right and protected by Federal labor laws, but in the United States it is frequently violated in practice.

This legislation is all about restoring workers' rights to organize and improving the quality of life for workers and their families in communities across America.

As our witnesses have made clear, Congress must enact the PRO Act to deter violations of workers' rights and reverse decades of wage stagnation and income inequality.

Some of the stories I have heard and witnessed are deplorable.

Today we will evaluate how provisions in the PRO Act would deter employers from violating workers' rights to form unions.

Another thing Jeb Bush did was he took away all requirements for absentee ballots, so an absentee ballot is just like a piece of toilet paper.

We have never had an election in Miami-Dade County that our office did not get a call about someone suppressing the vote of the precincts that are in majority Haitian districts.