Political Quotes

“Madam President, I rise this afternoon to talk about one of the aspects of the debate that is occurring and which has taken place over a long period of time but especially today, when it comes to Senate rules and what is happening on nominations and confirmations. One major aspect of that debate relates to the National Labor Relations Act passed in the 1930s. I wish to start by highlighting one of the findings that undergirds one of the foundations of that act. In the mid-1930s, because of labor strife and because of the conflicts between management and labor, people in both parties came together and said we had to put in place legislation to deal with that or we couldn't have the kind of growing economy we would hope to have. One of the findings--it is the third finding in the 1935 act--says as follows: Experience has proved that protection by law of the right of employees to organize and bargain collectively safeguards commerce-- Safeguards commerce, I repeat those words-- safeguards commerce from the injury, impairment, or interruption, and promotes the flow of commerce by removing certain recognized sources of industrial strife and unrest, by encouraging practices fundamental to the friendly adjustment of industrial disputes arising out of differences as to wages, hours, or other working conditions, and by restoring equality of bargaining power between employers and employees. So says one of the main findings of the 1935 act.…”