[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 44 (Tuesday, March 9, 2021)]
[House]
[Pages H1129-H1130]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                WHEN UNIONS ARE STRONG AMERICA IS STRONG

  (Mr. HORSFORD asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HORSFORD. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the Protecting the 
Right to Organize Act.
  For more than a decade, I helped lead the Culinary Training Academy 
of Las Vegas, the largest job training program

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in Nevada and one of the largest in the country.
  Our work to train and place thousands of Nevadans in good union jobs 
taught me a lifelong lesson about the power of organized labor to 
uplift working people.
  As a founding member and co-chair of the Congressional Labor Caucus, 
I am proud to support the PRO Act, which will return power to the hands 
of workers instead of Wall Street.
  The PRO Act will ensure that workers have a seat at the table to 
advocate for higher wages, fair benefits, and security in employment 
and retirement.
  Passing this legislation will protect the right to organize and 
provide basic labor protections to millions of workers who are not 
currently in a union.
  Passing the PRO Act means undoing the damage of the Supreme Court's 
Janus decision, revitalizing the National Labor Relations Board, and 
rebalancing the scales between corporations and working people.
  So I am proud to support the PRO Act because I know that when unions 
are strong, America is strong. I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on 
the PRO Act.

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