John W. Olver: “the labor title of this legislation really is not about money. It is all about legislating a return to the labor…”

“the labor title of this legislation really is not about money. It is all about legislating a return to the labor philosophy of the 19th century just as we are entering the 21st century. The amendment by the gentleman from Wisconsin [Mr. Obey] corrects some of the worst of those features, but, pending that, the amendment that the gentlewoman from California [Ms. Pelosi] has offered removes some of the limitations on the NLRB's actions, but it also allows OSHA to set standards protecting workers from repetitive-motion injuries, and that is clearly going to be one of the largest of the issues of the communication and information revolution that we are going to be having in the 21st century. So, this is an extremely important amendment that we adopt and make certain that we go ahead with the ability to deal with ergonomic standards now and on into the future that is part of the communications information revolution of the 21st century.”