Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman. Do you know what this bill does? It puts a knife in the process that has been used by President Bush 140 times--recess appointments--to keep the work of the American people going forward. How backwards is that? I love my friends, but we need to put on the floor sensible gun legislation, we need to be talking about immigration reform. But to talk about blocking the NLRB from work when President Bush used the same process. And the fact that a court ordered something--300 other opinions said the recess appointments are legitimate. I ask my colleagues to vote down the rule, vote down the bill, stand with your working friends in America, stand with our unions, stand with making America great, and stand with peace and reconciliation by a working NLRB. Mr. Speaker, I rise to oppose this rule, and the underlying bill, H.R. 1120, the ``Preventing Greater Uncertainty in Labor-Management Relations Act.'' This bill effectively prevents American employees from seeking remedies when their rights under the National Labor Relations Act, or NLRA, are violated. The NLRA guarantees American workers in the private sector the right to act collectively to improve the conditions of their workplace. This applies for formal meetings with supervisors, as well as to employees who gather in the break room to discuss a new company policy or compare their paychecks.…”