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On the recordMarch 19, 1997
today I rise in support of children, in support of families and in support of business. I rise in support of workers who want real flexibility, real protection, and real choice. Today I rise in support, Mr. Chairman, of workers who are struggling to pay bills, who are struggling to make ends meet, and who are struggling to put food on the table. I rise in support today of this Nation's most vulnerable workers who want to ensure that they too will have real choice, real flexibility, and real protection. That is why I am urging my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to oppose H.R. 1 and support the Miller substitute. Business in this Nation, as well as workers in this Nation, want to ensure that both have choice, opportunity, flexibility, and protection. H.R. 1 does not provide that. Let us stop demagoging this issue and work this issue out on behalf of children, working families, and business in America.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Addressing the need for worker protections and opposing H.R. 1 during a floor speech.

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