William F. Goodling

I will guarantee him that all employees have great confidence in that general counsel. I will guarantee him that organized labor has great confidence in that general counsel at the National Labor Relations Board. Let me close simply by…

That is correct. Title I is completely consistent with the policies of the National Labor Relations Act. All the legislation does is give the employer some comfort that it is hiring someone who really wants to work for the employer, and as…

I wish to continue the colloquy with the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Fawell). As I was indicating, title I thus establishes a test which does not seek to overrule, does not seek to overrule Town and Country, does not infringe on the…

The level of intent would be determined by the general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, and someone just a little while ago said we are putting it on the National Labor Relations Board. That is exactly who makes the decisions…

It means that if an individual applies for a job at a company and expresses at least 50 percent interest in actually working there, then that individual is entitled to all the rights granted by the National Labor Relations Act. In fact, an…

It does not. In fact, as I pointed out, the legislation has a provision spelling out quite clearly that nothing in the act shall, quote, affect the rights and responsibilities granted by the NRA, quote, of any employee who is or was a bona…

This is not legislation that takes a step backward, as some people mention. As a matter of fact, it is an attempt to move into the 21st century. As I indicated before, unless we can get labor and management to move into the 21st century…

H.R. 2846 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. FINDINGS. The Congress finds the following: (1) High State and local standards in reading, mathematics…

We are here today to an address in a bipartisan fashion the real demographic time bomb that faces the American work force... Far too few workers, especially the young, understand the importance of saving for retirement.

I merely repeated what Bill Ford said time and time again, when the gentleman from Wisconsin [Mr. Petri] would try to move direct lending. It was the gentleman from Wisconsin who was moving it, and Bill Ford would say over and other again…

Mr. Speaker, today I am losing my left arm, I am losing my right arm, but I can afford to lose both for the benefit of an institution I love, the House of Representatives. Where I am totally unorganized, your new administrator is totally…

Again, let me repeat, that when the gentleman mentions a work force development coordinator at schools, the gentleman is asking for the bill, in my estimation, to be defeated. I can only tell the gentleman from 3 years' experience trying…

Did the gentleman say that the outstanding Thomas Jefferson School near our colleague from Virginia's district, is already doing all of these things and the Federal Government did not have to mandate it and did not tell them they had to do…

I believe in this legislation we now do much of what the gentleman is trying to do without specifically authorizing a work force development coordinator in a high school or a secondary tech school.

I accept the amendment. The amendment would require States to make the information contained in their report on how the State is performing in regard to their State benchmarks available to the public. This is consistent with the provisions…

I just want to point out two things. We are hearing a lot about where the money should go. Keep in mind now, we are talking about 75 percent of the population that has been pretty well ignored because they do not receive a 4-year college…

In accordance with provisions of section 14101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, bureau funded schools are local educational agencies. Thus they would qualify for funding under the basic State grant. Bureau funded…

I would point out, however, that bureau funded schools that have operated adult education programs would remain eligible to receive funding under section 103(c)(1) pertaining to the reserve of funds for Indian programs. The provision…

First of all we should not get dislocated workers into this discussion because they are protected in the legislation. We made very, very sure of that. Again I say the total discretion is left to that local community for the use of that…

I believe we have considered that in the collaborative process on the State level which gets all of those people together. They have to agree. The collaborative process then on the local level, again, all of those must agree. And the whole…

The gentlewoman is correct. Section 106 of the bill amends section 8002(i) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act to clarify that, beginning in the fiscal year 1997, priority payments for amounts appropriated above the appropriated…

The only way such payments would be reduced would be if appropriations fell to or below the amount appropriated in 1996.

In the first amendment, Mr. Chairman, we are dealing with the issue some raised that migrant workers could be hurt, construction workers perhaps, so we are dealing with that issue. In the second there were those who were concerned that if…

These protections are virtually the same procedures and remedies as for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act under the Family Medical Leave Act, signed into law, much praised by the President, and under the Age Discrimination in…

I said that the words were reversed. If we look in the one, it says unduly first, and then look in the other, it says unduly second. So I said the words are reversed.