Political Quotes

“I rise to support the rule. It is interesting as a former employer for 26 years and a small businessman myself, I guess I feel like I am suddenly the bad guy, that America's small businesses are some evil force that wants to hurt workers. If we are going to grow in this country and prosper, small business and workers and unions need to work together. This bill addresses a practice of professional agents or union employees or other people, a competitor's employees coming into a workplace under the guise of wanting employment when they are really there to cause problems. If you had invested everything you have into a business, you would be much more willing to discuss this issue fairly. If you had everything you owned on the line in a business and somebody was coming to work for you who was there for subversive reasons, whether it is organizing or it is your competitor to cause problems with your workers, and it happens both ways, you would be very much against that. That is not fair. In chapter 2, we talk about the NLRB to conduct hearings to determine when it is appropriate to certify a single location or multiple locations. What is wrong with business having a hearing? What is wrong with public process? Letting both sides be heard to make a decision? Chapter 3 deals about a time limit of when the rules need to come out, the rulings. What is wrong with the 1-year time limit? That just makes sense. That is what is usually done.”