Sheila Jackson Lee: “These are fine Americans. Many of them are former military, and they support their families. To give them the…”

“These are fine Americans. Many of them are former military, and they support their families. To give them the opportunity to, first of all, have a right to grievance, to ensure that they have nonreduction on pay and compensation, that they have preservation of their civil rights--there is no right to strike. But it is a right to have the ability to engage their employer and to be able to be respected. Mr. Speaker, I am enthusiastic about this. Names like Bill and Patrick and Alfred, other men and women of the Transportation Security Administration, the TSOs' names, I am sure, that we could call in our respective airports, the people we know every day, our neighbors. They do a great and fine job. We must pass this bill, and I hope we pass it in a bipartisan way. Think about not paying those who are saving your lives every single day in the Nation's airports. Think about how you are treating them. Think about the low pay. Think about the compensation that does not allow them to have high morale. Mr. Speaker, I am grateful for the show of support for passing this bill, and I ask my colleagues to support it.”