On the recordSeptember 20, 2019
I have seen elected officials change their positions. I have never seen it happen in 5 minutes. Mr. Chair, 5 minutes ago, the chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary stood up at the end, closing out the debate on the overall legislation before we got to the amendment debate, and he said this, ``a bedrock principle in this country is you get your day in court.'' The next word he used was important. He said, ``all'' Americans deserve their day in court. Now, he just told us that is not the case. I guess by ``all,'' he meant only if you are nonunion do you get your day in court. Union people don't. They have to abide by these arbitration contracts. This is really simple. This is about fairness. If it is good for the goose, it is good for the gander. That is all we are saying here. If the chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary believes what he just said 5 minutes ago, then he should be in support of this amendment. Or maybe he didn't mean ``all'' when he said ``all'' Americans deserve their day in court. Maybe he didn't mean ``bedrock principle'' when he said bedrock principle. Maybe he only meant, Oh, it is a principle just for some people, which means, by definition, it is not a principle at all. So I want to know which position the chairman has; the one he said 5 minutes ago, or the one he said 2 minutes ago. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
