Political Quotes

“Mr. Chair, I yield myself the balance of my time. If anything, this discussion about collective bargaining shows that arbitration can be a fair and reasonable process when there is actual choice on both sides of the tracks. But for the majority, the overwhelming majority of nonunion private sector workers, that choice simply does not exist. This amendment fails to comprehend these critical distinctions between collective bargaining and the take-it-or-leave-it arbitration clauses that the majority of workers face. And it fails to recognize that restoring equity and choice is exactly what the FAIR Act claims to do. You cannot compare apples and oranges, as the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Jordan) tried to do. Finally, as the AFL-CIO explains, this amendment, ``would also be directly contrary to the intent of Congress in both the Wagner and Taft-Hartley Acts, which encourage the practice of collective bargaining and the resolution of contract disputes through arbitration.'' And, again, arbitration voluntarily agreed to by the workers through their democratically elected union is not the same as coercive forced arbitration. Mr. Chair, accordingly, I urge my colleagues to oppose the amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Jordan). The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes appeared to have it.”