[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 66 (Thursday, May 21, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E935]
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                           SUPPORTING H.R. 59

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                            HON. SAM JOHNSON

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 21, 1998

  Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of 
H.R. 59, the National Right To Work Act. This bill would repeal those 
sections of Federal law which allow big labor to force hard-working 
Americans to pay union dues under the threat of losing their jobs.
  This is un-American. Yet, it happens to thousands of men and women 
every single month of the year. Union bosses take the hard-earned money 
of workers who have no legal say in the matter.
  Mr. Speaker, it was Congress who created this problem. We gave big 
labor the privilege and authority to take this money away, by taking 
away the worker's freedom to choose whether or not to pay union dues.
  Congress must now give that freedom back to American workers.
  H.R. 59 empowers Americans and gives them the choice that never 
should have been taken from them in the first place.
  I urge my colleagues to support H.R. 59, the National Right To Work 
Act.

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