[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 10, 2021)]
[House]
[Pages H1193-H1194]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      TAKING AWAY EMPLOYEE CHOICE

  (Mr. HERN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HERN. Mr. Speaker, last year, I stood right here and argued 
against the many concerns I have with the PRO Act. Thirteen months 
later, nothing has been done to address those concerns or earn 
bipartisan support.
  The PRO Act is a dangerous example of power for union leaders without 
necessary protections for union members.
  One of the biggest glaring failures of this legislation is taking 
away employee choice, effectively repeating right-to-work laws across 
the country, like in my home State of Oklahoma, where we choose to 
empower employees and employers alike. Where workers have previously 
had the freedom to choose whether or not to pay fees and join unions, 
they will now be forced to pay membership fees or lose their job.
  American workers and American ingenuity made our country what it is

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today. If my colleagues insist on moving forward with legislation that 
empowers union bosses and strips independence from our workers, we will 
lose to countries like China, who profit from sweatshops and child 
labor.
  Many of the ideas in this bill have already been rejected in the 
court system, making this bill pointless and a waste of time.

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