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James M. Talent: Mr. Speaker, there is a subject that interests me, the whole question of why we do not apply these kinds of remedies to…

On the recordMarch 17, 1994
Mr. Speaker, there is a subject that interests me, the whole question of why we do not apply these kinds of remedies to other kinds of picket line violence. The gentlewoman from Colorado [Mrs. Schroeder] mentioned the Section 8 of the National Labor Relations Act. I do not understand the gentlewoman to be saying that there is anything like Federal protection for people who want to cross picket lines set up outside labor disputes. There is nothing like that currently today, nothing that is similar to what this law would provide for people crossing protesting lines to go into clinics. The gentlewoman is not claiming the two schemes of regulation are similar?
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James M. Talent
Missouri

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Discussing the lack of federal protection for individuals crossing picket lines during a debate.

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