"this hearing misses the point that the purpose of a National Labor Relations Board investigation is to determine what is in the public good"
"we had 397,000 factories in this country at the beginning of the last decade. We only have 343,000 now."
"So it is not overwhelming. It is not clear and convincing. It is not beyond a reasonable doubt."
"But you don't have to seek that remedy. You have autonomy. You don't have to seek that remedy."
"The standard of proof necessary to prosecute, the standard to prosecute is what?"
"Absolutely not."
"They should, shouldn't they?"
"If you do not, I believe you may, intentionally or not, permit the legal process to be tainted by political interference."
"But it doesn't have to be, doesn't it? It doesn't have to be."
"No. We investigate every single charge that's filed in every one of our regional offices."
"Well, the last time I looked that the NLRB was an arm of the U.S. Congress."