I will close. I will use my last 10 seconds to tell the gentleman that the Janus decision was nothing about people not paying dues. Unions have not been allowed to make people pay dues for 60 years in this country. It was about not having workers pay their fair share for services that unions are forced to provide them under U.S. law. Madam Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
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