Joe Crowley: “I thank the gentleman from Colorado for yielding time. Mr. Speaker, I played a little basketball in my day. I grew up on…”

“I thank the gentleman from Colorado for yielding time. Mr. Speaker, I played a little basketball in my day. I grew up on a schoolyard, and we chose teams. We didn't need referees, quite frankly, because we chose teams fairly. You don't need referees here either if you have the opportunity to pick the other team. You're the A team, but you get to say who you're going to play. You don't need referees in that kind of a game because you know the outcome. You know what the outcome is going to be. That's what this legislation is about--trying to undo the fair playing field. Now, I have heard that the job losses in this country are because of President Obama and the health care bill. I've heard that the job losses in this country are because of Speaker Pelosi and Harry Reid and all the bad legislation. I've heard they're because we have a Department of Education, and I've heard they're because we have a Department of Commerce, and I've heard they're because we have a Department of--oops, I'm sorry. I forgot. You got me--the NLRB. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong opposition to this legislation. My colleagues on the other side of the aisle have a common refrain that they want to make the Federal Government more efficient, work better for the American people, and move obstacles to create a mantra that I am very much in favor of. But this bill will do exactly the opposite.…”