[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 152 (Wednesday, September 27, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H9510]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           SUPPORT H.R. 743, THE TEAM ACT, WITHOUT AMENDMENT

  (Mr. WELDON of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WELDON of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the Teamwork 
Act, and I would like to talk about a particular employee who is 
somebody who can benefit by this piece of legislation, a fellow by the 
name of Joe who worked for one of America's largest companies.
  It seemed one of their major customers was dissatisfied with the 
quality of the service and product that was sent to them and was 
threatening to switch vendors. The employee, Joe, was working in the 
manufacturing section of the company and it was discovered that Joe was 
responsible for 73 percent of the defects for his work crew and 50 
percent for the entire department. Joe's defect rate was brought up to 
a team meeting, and the team agreed to support Joe completely and help 
him find ways of discovering defects earlier and faster. They also 
discovered a key reason for the high rate of Joe's defects was the 
amount of socialism between operators.
  The team was able to redesign the work area, and the result was they 
developed a quality ladder with five rungs depicting quality that team 
members may achieve, and Joe is now at the top of the ladder.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the TEAM Act and urge all my 
colleagues to support it.

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