Political Quotes

“The point I am making at this juncture is that collective bargaining rights make a difference. It is not a question about how bright the light is over the coffee pot for the employees taking their break and what color uniforms they are wearing. That is, I am afraid, a ridiculous extreme when we look at collective bargaining rights. It is the right of an individual employee at our Border Patrol to be able to stand before a committee of Congress and say: I don't care what my boss is telling you; I don't care what they are saying in their press release; they are not doing the job to protect America. For these Border Patrol agents to stand up and tell us the truth under oath before a committee of Congress should not be grounds for termination. But they were. Thank goodness they had collective bargaining rights and their jobs were restored. I don't believe being a member of a labor union automatically qualifies you to be ready to fight for our Nation's security and be involved in intelligence gathering, but it certainly does not disqualify you.”