I have to reflect upon what has transpired here just today on the floor of the House of Representatives, and that is passing legislation that improves our lobbying reform and puts more sunlight on the donations that come from lobbying. And I believe that, yet all of us are bound by our own ethical standards, putting sunlight on those activities allows for the public to make that judgment as well as the individual Member of Congress.
Discussing lobbying reform legislation during a House floor speech.
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This old white people business does get a little tired, Charlie. I mean, I’d ask you to go back through history and figure out where are these contributions that have been made by these other categories of people that you’re talking about.
94 percent of the workers in this country that are working under a union contract today, never had the opportunity to vote whether they wanted that union to represent them.
Once a bargaining unit is certified by the National Labor Relations Board, that unit stays in place at that place of business for the life of that business essentially.
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