The SPEAKER pro tempore. For what purpose does the gentleman from Texas rise?
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Mr. PAUL.
I ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks.
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The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection. The gentleman may proiceed.
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Mr. PAUL.
Mr. Speaker, I rise today
to speak for 80 percent of Americans
who support the National Right to
Work Act, H.R. 59.
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The National Right to Work Act repeals
those sections of Federal law that
give union officials the power to force
workers to pay union dues as a condition
of employment.
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Compulsory unionism violates employers’
and employees’ constitutional
rights of freedom of contract and association. Congress has no constitutional
authority to force employees to pay
union dues to a labor union as a condition
of getting or keeping a job.
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Passage of the National Right to
Work Act would be a major step forward
in ending Congress’ illegitimate
interference in the labor markets and
liberating America’s economy from
heavy-handed government intervention. Since Congress created this injustice,
we have the moral responsibility
to work to end it, Mr. Speaker.
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The 80 percent of Americans who support
right-to-work deserve to know
which Members of Congress support
workers’ freedom. I, therefore, urge the
congressional leadership, the majority
of which have promised to place a National
Right to Work Act on the floor,
to fulfill their promise to the American
people and schedule a time certain for
a vote on H.R. 59.
