Virginia Foxx: “last week I said in the committee that I have never in my life seen language twisted in issues and ideas twisted in the…”

“last week I said in the committee that I have never in my life seen language twisted in issues and ideas twisted in the way that they have been twisted in response to this bill. I said that Congress has often been described as a circus, and if this were a circus, then the people on the Education Committee who support this bill would surely be in the contortionist area of the circus, because contorting the language to say that taking away the right to a secret ballot is more democratic than the right to a secret ballot is the most unbelievable language that I think I have ever heard on the floor. And I think this has to be one of the worst bills that has ever been introduced in the Congress. And I want to say that at least, by passing my amendment, we could avoid harassment and intimidation by the unions. And I know that that occurs. And we could at least allow people the freedom to be not bothered by the union people who, the only way of getting this done is to harass people to sign a card.”