Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I wish to continue the debate a little bit on the Boeing situation because the company was creating 2,000 additional jobs--reducing none but creating 2,000 additional jobs--in South Carolina at a new plant. The NLRB general counsel, who was not confirmed by this body, went ahead and decided to investigate and work on a complaint and created a lot of concern for 2,000 employees who didn't know whether they would be able to work. The case actually wasn't settled. I think the National Labor Relations Board realized they had made a mistake and, because of the national controversy it created, actually withdrew the case even though it could have taken about 3 or 4 years through the courts to take care of it, and we covered that situation in one of the hearings Senator Harkin asked for. I thought the company did an outstanding job. What we are talking about today relates a little bit to that because the South Carolina folks decertified in the small window they had, which says they weren't pleased with what they had been handed. So some of these discussions are extremely important, and the time to do those is extremely important. So today we are renewing this debate on S.J. Res. 36, the Congressional Review Act Resolution of Disapproval to stop the National Labor Relations Board's ambush elections rule.…”