[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 44 (Thursday, March 9, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H2899]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


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            OVERTURN EXECUTIVE ORDER ON STRIKER REPLACEMENTS

  (Mr. BARRETT of Nebraska asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BARRETT of Nebraska. Mr. Speaker, with the stroke of a pen, 
President Clinton yesterday shattered more than 50 years of labor law 
by issuing an Executive order to prohibit the hiring of permanent 
replacement workers for companies with Federal contracts.
  For 50 years Congress has maintained a careful balance between the 
powers of labor and management at the bargaining table. We have often 
fought long and hard on this floor to ensure that neither side had an 
unfair advantage.
  The long arm of organized labor--which represents less than 12 
percent of the private labor force--now has privileged status among 
American workers--something Congress has fought hard to avoid. Some 
might even say that it is payback time for organized labor, since they 
gave campaign contributions to Democrats versus Republicans by a ratio 
of 9 to 1.
  Mr. Speaker, the President yesterday slapped the face of Congress, 
and I am ready to settle the matter as a gentleman. I urge my 
colleagues to cosponsor H.R. 1179 that would nip this Executive order 
in the bud by making it null and void.

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