Political Quotes

“I rise today to ask for disapproval to stop the National Labor Relations Board's ambush election rule. This rule I have been objecting to was put into place by an NLRB that is bound and determined to stack the odds against American employees and to put employers and employees in an unfair situation. Despite the fact that unemployment has remained above 8 percent for the past 3 years, and small business growth is the most important factor in reversing the lackluster trend, the National Labor Relations Board has chosen to impose new rules to aid big labor at the expense of employers, and particularly small business employers and the jobs they would create. If the Senate does not act now to stop this rule by passing my resolution, it will go into effect on Monday, April 30, 10 months after it was first proposed. The changes that are being made are going to be a big surprise for the employers and employees who get caught in this net, particularly, as I mentioned, the small employers who do not have the human resource departments or in-house counsel. I would expect that we elected representatives of the people are going to face a lot of questions about what we did to stop this blatant effort to stack the odds in big labor's favor--and we will be asked. This rule will shift the law significantly in favor of big labor. Let me take a moment to explain.…”