[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 145 (Tuesday, September 15, 2026)]
[House]
[Page H5828]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 SOLIDARITY WITH AMERICAN UNION WORKERS

  (Mr. MRVAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. MRVAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to express my continued 
solidarity with the members of United Steelworkers Local 71 in 
northwest Indiana, who have surpassed 6 months of being locked out of 
work by British Petroleum.
  While I appreciate the indication that contract negotiations will 
resume, we must do more to ensure that American workers are never 
placed in this position again.
  It is wrong for union workers to be forced to go without their 
paychecks, their healthcare, and their livelihoods while our community 
also faced increased public safety risks from untrained replacement 
workers and for their employer to continue making billions of dollars 
in profits.
  That is why I introduced the PRO-WORK Act. This legislation will 
prohibit corporations that lock out their workers from doing business 
with the Federal Government. Specifically, a company engaged in a 
lockout would be prohibited from receiving Federal funds for a period 
equal to the duration of the lockout and would be ineligible for 
Federal tax credits for the corresponding taxable year.
  The principle is simple: Any company that locks out American workers 
should be locked out from receiving American tax dollars.

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