Brian Fitzpatrick: “Our Eastern European friends--Ukraine, Poland, the Baltics, Czech Republic--they are very concerned about this, sir…”

We cannot ask them to carry that responsibility while denying them the economic security that comes with fair wages and meaningful benefits.

We are going to force this. We are going to make sure this becomes law.

It’s probably not going to get 60 votes in the Senate, but it’s going to hopefully force the Senate to address the issue.

“It’s probably not going to get 60 votes in the Senate, but it’s going to hopefully force the Senate to address the issue,” said Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., who signed the discharge petition and voted for the bill.