Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, one of the earlier speakers said: ``This is the most dramatic change in labor law in 80 years.'' And I say: ``Thank God.'' In the late seventies, a CEO's earnings were 35 times that of the worker. Today, it is 3 to 400 times what the worker makes. And our friends on the other side are running around with their hair on fire. Heaven forbid we pass something that is going to help the damn workers in the United States of America. Heaven forbid we tilt the balance that has been going in the wrong direction for 50 years. We talk about pensions. You complain. We talk about the minimum wage increase. You complain. We talk about giving them the right to organize. You complain. But if we were passing a tax cut here, you would all be getting in line to vote ``yes'' for it. Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record a letter from the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers in support of the PRO Act. International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Upper Marlboro, Maryland, March 9, 2021. Dear Representative, On behalf of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, I strongly urge you to support the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act introduced by Representative Bobby Scott. In a functioning and recovering economy, working families and middle-class Americans cannot be left behind.…”