Alan Simpson said "I have strong concerns about this nominee. I have gone into my own examination of material on this person who is going to be responsible for leading the regulation of collective bargaining and union organizing activities in the private sector. A few weeks before his nomination William Gould published a book called ``Agenda For Reform,'' in which he strongly criticized the way the Board has operated, and described in some great detail how current law, precedents, and Board procedures should be changed. I took labor law on the GI bill at Colorado University in the summer program, and my professor was Archibald Cox, so naturally my credentials are unimpugnable, and I know either of my colleagues did not know that, and if Arch Cox were listening he would chuckle about my work in his class." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordMarch 2, 1994

I have strong concerns about this nominee. I have gone into my own examination of material on this person who is going to be responsible for leading the regulation of collective bargaining and union organizing activities in the private sector. A few weeks before his nomination William Gould published a book called ``Agenda For Reform,'' in which he strongly criticized the way the Board has operated, and described in some great detail how current law, precedents, and Board procedures should be changed. I took labor law on the GI bill at Colorado University in the summer program, and my professor was Archibald Cox, so naturally my credentials are unimpugnable, and I know either of my colleagues did not know that, and if Arch Cox were listening he would chuckle about my work in his class.

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Alan Simpson

Wyoming

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Editor's note · Context

Expressing concerns about the nomination of Professor William Gould as Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board.

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