Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for yielding. Madam Speaker, I rise today in opposition to H.R. 1195, the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act. Ensuring workplace safety for all American workers, especially our Nation's caregivers, is an issue of the utmost importance and is deserving of a serious and thorough solution. I agree with my colleague; we all appreciate what healthcare workers have done. I do every day, but particularly since we have had COVID. H.R. 1195 purports to take a responsible approach to the issue of workplace violence, but legislation that results in a rushed and overly prescriptive rule that omits important input from stakeholders and experts, while driving up compliance costs for already struggling industries, is far from a sensible solution. Yet, that is what we are asked to consider today. Workers in the healthcare and social services industries are at an increased risk of workplace violence, with the Bureau of Labor Statistics finding they are five times more likely to experience violence in the workplace than workers in other industries. While the threat is real, the response the Democrats are proposing to address the situation, to further their own partisan agenda, is not grounded in reality. Workplace violence is already a well-recognized hazard by employers and employees in the healthcare and social services industries.…”