John Tanner said "This is nothing more than an issue of fairness. As he said and as others have said, there was an ambiguity unintentionally created, and I want to read again what we said in the bill. The enactment of the ICC Termination Act of 1995 shall neither expand nor contract coverage of the employees and employers by the Railway Labor Act. These are not my words; these are the words of Congress. Some of the people who are opposing the conference report for this reason are the very ones that drafted it. These are not our words; these are the words of Congress. And to say this is any way antilabor is simply untrue. As a matter of fact, there are a higher percentage of workers unionized under the National Railway Labor Act than there are under the National Labor Relations Act, and I see it as a basic matter of fairness to correct an unintended error made in drafting." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordSeptember 27, 1996

This is nothing more than an issue of fairness. As he said and as others have said, there was an ambiguity unintentionally created, and I want to read again what we said in the bill. The enactment of the ICC Termination Act of 1995 shall neither expand nor contract coverage of the employees and employers by the Railway Labor Act. These are not my words; these are the words of Congress. Some of the people who are opposing the conference report for this reason are the very ones that drafted it. These are not our words; these are the words of Congress. And to say this is any way antilabor is simply untrue. As a matter of fact, there are a higher percentage of workers unionized under the National Railway Labor Act than there are under the National Labor Relations Act, and I see it as a basic matter of fairness to correct an unintended error made in drafting.

Said by

John Tanner

Tennessee

Source

govinfo.gov

Editor's note · Context

Addressing fairness in the context of the ICC Termination Act of 1995 and its implications for labor.

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