If they receive majority support, they will be appointed. They will make decisions.

And let us get the board functioning again by insisting that the Senate take a vote, an up/down vote on the people who were nominated.

I think that we are here because the Senate I believe has abused the advise and consent clause.

We have heard some very diverging views about what various policies should be of the National Labor Relations Board.

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