[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 184 (Wednesday, December 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6941-S6942]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                 Nomination of Lauren McGarity McFerran

  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, later this morning, the Senate will vote 
to advance the nomination of Lauren McFerran to serve another term as a 
member of the National Labor Relations Board.
  Ms. McFerran has served admirably on the NLRB for many years, where 
she is known for her fairness, deep expertise, and guiding the Board to 
deal with the challenges of the contemporary workplace. She worked in 
the Senate for our former colleagues Tom Harkin and the late Ted 
Kennedy.
  If you truly care about working families, if you care about fixing 
income inequality in America, then you should be in favor of advancing 
today's NLRB nominee. You can't say you are for working families and 
then go and vote no today, because the NLRB protects workers from 
mistreatment on the job and from overreaching employers.


                               hearts act

  Mr. President, on the HEARTS Act passage, last night, in a great 
moment, the Senate finally reached the end zone of the HEARTS Act, a 
bill I have worked on for months with Damar Hamlin of the Buffalo Bills 
to better prepare schools against cardiac emergencies. The HEARTS Act 
is now on the way to President Biden's desk. By doing so, we are 
ensuring that every school has access to AEDs and the ability to teach 
CPR.
  The HEARTS Act will save lives, plain and simple. God forbid a child 
goes into cardiac arrest while at school or a young athlete suffers an 
emergency on the field, but thanks to the HEARTS Act, there will soon 
be more AEDs nearby to save them like they saved Damar Hamlin.
  I am so proud to have worked with Damar to get this bill passed. He 
is an amazing man. Together, I must say, Damar and I--unlikely as it 
may seem--have been a great team. After he suffered from cardiac arrest 
in the middle of a football game, Damar didn't just sit around; he came 
to visit me in Washington and told me he wanted to ``make history'' and 
ensure more kids in schools have access to the same AEDs that saved 
Damar's life. Last night, finally, history was made when we passed this 
bill that Damar and I proudly led.
  So thank you, Damar Hamlin. You are both a strong and humble man. It

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is a rare combination. Thank you to the Buffalo Bills. Thank you to the 
NFL and Roger Goodell. Thank you to all the student athletes and great 
champions in Buffalo and everywhere who pushed for this bill. They all 
made it happen.