Edward M. Kennedy: “The Senate will vote today on President Clinton's nominees to the National Labor Relations Board. The Committee on Labor…”

“The Senate will vote today on President Clinton's nominees to the National Labor Relations Board. The Committee on Labor and Human Resources has favorably reported four nominations: William Gould as chairman, Margaret Browning and Charles Cohen as members of the board, and Fred Feinstein as general counsel. I urge the Senate to support their confirmation. The National Labor Relations Board is a small agency, but its mission is a large one--not only for the parties appearing before it, but also for the country as a whole. It is the Agency we depend on to implement the rules that bring stability to our system of labor-management relations. The four persons nominated by President Clinton will bring to that Agency a wealth of practical experience in dealing with labor-management issues, and a high level of expertise that has rarely, if ever, been matched in the 60-year history of the Board.”