Political Quotes

“Madam Chairwoman, I challenge the gentleman to point out a Chamber of Commerce in this country that allows people to receive the benefits of the chamber without paying dues. They have members and nonmembers. Health clubs, any kind of organization in this country, people pay their fair share for the benefits that it creates. The purpose of right-to-freeload laws has been nakedly obvious from the beginning in the 1940s when they were pushed by far rightwing foundations like the Olin Foundation and the Scaife Foundation, whose sole purpose was to destroy collective bargaining in this country. The other side is trying to destroy the solidarity of American workers, to benefit the bosses and the employers that want to have a union-free environment. The facts are so obvious. When workers come together and form unions, they make more money; they make better wages; they are five times more likely to have a pension; and they are much more likely to have employer-provided health insurance. This is the truth. Employers and their enablers simply want to destroy collective bargaining in this country, and I don't care if it is State by State or any other way. Right is right, and wrong is wrong. These laws have been wrong since they came into existence, and they are still wrong today. Madam Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.”