Robert Ehrlich said "The only thing left out of that letter, and that was very well written, was the fact that also many Democrat members of unions who are blue collar, who are conservatives, share that gentleman's views. How ironic that the big labor bosses who want to buy this Congress, who are lying to the American people every day, many of them live out in nice valleys with big houses and make lots of money. I will bet you they are the rich. I will bet you they are rich people, and we hear a lot of demagoguery about class warfare and the rich on this floor. I do not think, and I submit to the gentleman from California this observation, I will bet you a lot of those big labor bosses who are trying to buy this Congress make an awful lot of money, a heck of a lot more than that gentleman who wrote the gentlewoman from California." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordMay 1, 1996

The only thing left out of that letter, and that was very well written, was the fact that also many Democrat members of unions who are blue collar, who are conservatives, share that gentleman's views. How ironic that the big labor bosses who want to buy this Congress, who are lying to the American people every day, many of them live out in nice valleys with big houses and make lots of money. I will bet you they are the rich. I will bet you they are rich people, and we hear a lot of demagoguery about class warfare and the rich on this floor. I do not think, and I submit to the gentleman from California this observation, I will bet you a lot of those big labor bosses who are trying to buy this Congress make an awful lot of money, a heck of a lot more than that gentleman who wrote the gentlewoman from California.

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Robert Ehrlich

Maryland

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the influence of labor unions and their leaders in Congress.

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