Political Quotes

“I rise to speak about the National Labor Relations Board and the reforms that have been proposed in the new rule. I rise first of all to provide by way of a predicate or background what happened in 1935 when the National Labor Relations Act was passed. There is a lot to talk about in that act, but just like when a major piece of legislation passes, we have findings that undergird the statute itself. I will not go through all of those today, but I think some of the language in there is especially appropriate for what we are talking about. The findings and summary spoke to the benefits of collective bargaining--the benefits of organizing and collectively bargaining, and asserted at one point very early in the statute, in the findings, the first couple of paragraphs of the findings that experience--I am paraphrasing this but I will get to specific words in a moment. But experience has shown that collective bargaining and organizing-- and these are the exact words--``safeguards commerce from injury, impairment or interruption.'' It goes on to talk about why it was better--why they believed it was better to pass a statute to resolve labor-management disputes instead of the old way, which was constant conflict, conflict fighting, in some cases even violence. So we did the right thing in 1935 as a country. We have had some history since then to draw from.…”