Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I think we have to get some job numbers rather than just adjectives and everything on the table. The fact is that President Trump during his 4 years lost over 6 million jobs, but President Biden so far has created over 15 million, the longest period of time with unemployment under 4 percent since the 1960s. Before you start excusing President Trump because of a pandemic, he had a pandemic for about 10 months, President Biden had a pandemic for 2 years. So this legislation the President has vetoed, I think it is helpful just to read the President's message of why he vetoed the resolution. He said: ``I am returning herewith without my approval H.J. Res. 98, a resolution that would disapprove of the National Labor Relations Board's rule entitled `Standard for Determining Joint Employer Status.' ``Since day one, my administration has fought to strengthen workers' right to organize and bargain for higher wages, better benefits, and safer working conditions. The NLRB's rule would prevent companies from evading their bargaining obligations or liability when they control a worker's working condition--even if they reserve such control or exercise it indirectly through a subcontractor or other intermediary. If multiple companies control the terms and conditions of employment, then the right to organize is rendered futile whenever the workers cannot bargain collectively with each of those employers.…”