Political Quotes

“Mr. President, reserving the right to object, and I will explain if I could. First of all, this doesn't belong in NDAA. This is not a defense issue, but I would like to talk more substantively about it and then make another statement. I strongly support tribal sovereignty. I know my colleagues appreciate Senator Moran's genuine interest in this. He is my friend. We have worked on a number of issues in banking together. We don't agree on this, but that is the way things are. I do believe both sides of the aisle do support tribal sovereignty. This amendment, though, is not about tribal sovereignty. It is about undermining labor laws--laws that protect the rights of workers to organize and collectively bargain--one of America's great values that more than almost anything--other than democratic government--created and maintained a middle class, organizing and bargaining collectively. Specifically, the amendment attempts to overturn NLRB decisions that have asserted the Board's jurisdiction over labor disputes on tribal lands. The Board has methodically evaluated when they do and don't have jurisdiction on tribal lands by using a very carefully crafted test to ensure that the Board's jurisdiction would not violate tribal rights and does not interfere in exclusive right to self-governance. In a June 2015 decision, the NLRB employed the test and did not assert jurisdiction in a tribal land-labor dispute.…”