Arlen Specter: “I commented earlier that I would defer to the statistics. I am about to put a detailed chart into the Record. It is true…”

“I commented earlier that I would defer to the statistics. I am about to put a detailed chart into the Record. It is true that the backlog went down from about 6,200 to about 5,500 because we added $10 million to the budget. We are now proposing to add approximately $24 million to the budget, which will buy a computer, which is not inexpensive. Computers are expensive. That will enable the NLRB to move part way into the latter part of the 20th century, if not the 21st century. The projection is that the backlog would then be reduced to about 1,960 cases. If this is not done, there are many employees who are now at the NLRB who would be lost. I think it is plain that for the NLRB to keep up with the backlog and do its job, they need these additional employees.”