[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 2 (Thursday, January 5, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E49-E50]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                               PLAY BALL

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                           HON. PAT WILLIAMS

                               of montana

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, January 4, 1995
  Mr. WILLIAMS. Mr. Speaker, big league ballplayers, major league team 
owners: play ball!
  Today, we are witness to a collective bargaining impass that 
endangers not only the 1995 season but the game itself.
  I have today introduced legislation to provide mandatory and binding 
arbitration if the parties fail to reach agreement.
  [[Page E50]] Collective bargaining in this country works very well. 
The public, through their government, should intervene only in a 
crisis. We now have reached a crisis in the well-being of our national 
pastime.


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