Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I yield myself the balance of my time. Let's clear up a few things today we've heard in this debate. It's very interesting. We clearly have a different view, there's no question about it. We've heard repeatedly that this bill strips workers of their rights. Sometimes my colleagues confuse workers with Big Labor leaders. This bill in fact protects workers' rights--union workers' rights, nonunion workers' rights. The proposed regulations--which apparently are under modification, as we speak, from the NLRB--were in fact an attack on workers' rights, a demand that more personal information be provided union organizers whether or not the workers approved of that, and shrinking the amount of time that workers might have to make a decision on one of the most important aspects in their life to as little as 10 days. This bill protects workers' rights and makes sure they have time to make this important decision. We've heard today that bargaining units would be gerrymandered by employers. In fact, this bill puts us back to the standards that have been in place for decades to make sure that workplaces aren't fractured and fragmented and you have worker against worker, worker against employer, making it harder for employers to run an effective business, making it harder for them to have confidence to hire Americans. We've been told that we're wasting time today and that we ought to be having a jobs bill, which apparently means spending more borrowed money.…”