[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12026]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            FIGHT FOR AMERICAN FAMILIES AND DEFEAT H.R. 2587

  (Mr. DEUTCH asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. DEUTCH. Mr. Speaker, America earned the name the Land of 
Opportunity because anyone willing to work hard and play by the rules 
can make it here. Well, our families still work hard, they still play 
by the rules, and yet so many are barely scraping by. So they send us 
to Washington to fight for them. They can't afford lobbyists. They only 
have us.
  Today we will consider Republican legislation that is a textbook 
example of why too often, the special interests win out over the public 
interests. H.R. 2587 gives corporations a green light to send jobs 
overseas if their employees simply ask for a decent salary or better 
hours. This bill is based on the premise that executives can negotiate 
multimillion dollar bonuses for themselves, but if American workers 
exercise their rights, their jobs will be on the next plane to China. 
That's the majority's answer to outsourcing of American jobs. If the 
rights of American workers get in the way of corporate profits, then 
it's time to do away with those rights. Let's stand up and fight to 
keep jobs here. Let's fight for American families. Let's defeat H.R. 
2587.

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