NAN A. S. HAYWORTH: “I think it is very instructive for Members of this House and those who join us coast to coast beyond these walls on…”

“I think it is very instructive for Members of this House and those who join us coast to coast beyond these walls on C-SPAN to hear the familiar cacophony of complaints, criticism and carping from those who claim to champion the rights of workers, but yet would move to abridge the most fundamental right, the freedom of any citizen to say, I do not agree with the political endeavor. How dare you reach into my pocket and take any of my pay and use it for a political cause with which I fundamentally disagree. And that is the issue which this House debates tonight. And it is very, very instructive that amidst all the arguments, we have heard nothing substantive tonight from the other side. We have heard no one try to stand up and defend the rights of abridging workers. Instead, we hear these playground taunts and this type of class warfare, but, Mr. Speaker, the fact is that on this one, the American people, regardless of their work status and affiliation, are speaking with a united voice. They know this is all about freedom of association, freedom of dissent, first amendment rights. And this is the real campaign reform that Members can vote for. So I would urge my colleagues to resist the temptation of class warfare and driving wedges amongst the so-called classes of the American people and in fact cast a vote for freedom.”