subcommittee on health, employment, a-- labor and pensions i'm concerned that the national labor relations board late etc. rule, referred to as the ambush rule, and i stand in strong support of s.j.res. 8. the national labor relations board is to force elections. it will compel employers to provide personal information about their employees such as names address, telephone number and email addresses this will violate the privacy of workers while recusing the informed decision period. to add insult to injury, the rule does not limit or dictate what unions can do with this sensitive information. i'm pleased that south carolina is a right to work state. union membership is not a requirement of employment in our state, it's based on freedom of choice. i'm grateful we have fought as a state to give our employees and job creators the flexibility to choose what's best for them. south carolina has successfully opposed a rogue nlrb when the nlrb tried to block 100 jobs. with the governor -- with the help of governor niki haley and our jarts we stopped the nlrb and over 7,000 jobs have been created. s.j.r

the national labor relations board is supposed to be an impartial body that hears cases weighs the factsunbiased decisions according to the law. although the board's decisions set precedents that determine how labor laws are applied going forward, it has not traditionally been a rule-making agency. it's issued only a small number of rules especially compared to other federal departments and agencies. unfortunately the board has gone too far with the ambush elections rule. it's taken upon itself to impose new regulations that would hurt businesses, undermine a sensitive process that's already providing fair and timely elections, give up employee privacy and bend carefully balanced labor laws in favor of the unions. congress needs to tell the national labor relations board that this rule is out of balance. the congressional review act gives congress an important tool to rein in agencies that use the federal rule making process in ways congress never intended. when an agency goes beyond what congress authorized, the congressional review act ensures that congress can intervene and hopefully

the national labor relations board, of course, is the entity that gives meaning to what we intend when we pass laws like the national labor relations act. and now we're having a dispute here in this body and in the other body as well about what these rules ought to be. what are the rules that govern the national labor relations board but in particular, what are the rules that govern elections. and with all of the challenges that we're facing in the country right now the middle class has nowhere near recovered from the last -- the great recession wages have been declining over a generation or at least not increasing at the level that costs have been increasing, so with all that pressure on families you would think this could be an area of common ground, but it's not. so with all those challenges facing middle-class families, it's disappointing that republicans in the senate have chosen to focus on rolling back the national labor relations board's modest and commonsense reforms to help workers get a seat at the table so they can increase their wages and their economic security. now, demo

the national labor relations board regulation that we will address today on the floor is just anothera long line of objectionable actions that the board has taken since president obama's appointees have taken office. there is no reason to believe that their approach to the law will change. but our step today to invoke congressional review act is merely another sign of our willingness to exercise oversight tirelessly into the board's actions. we will continue to be vigilant on behalf of workers and their employers. mr. speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman from colorado is recognized. mr. polis: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield two minutes to the gentleman from washington, mr. heck. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields two minutes. the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. heck: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. green's repeated reference to the chamber of commerce, the united states chamber of commerce's point of view prompt me to believe entering their actual words, that of the chamber's, into the record w

between union organizing petitions and union elections surpasses the goal set by the national labor relations board itself. you would think that this would be a classic case of if it ain't broke, don't fix it. well apparently, mr. president, the obama nominees on the national labor relations board don't agree. they proposed a new rule which will go into effect next month that will drastically shorten the time between the initial union organizing petition and the union election to anywhere from 11 to 22 days. while the current situation if anything gives an advantage to unions it also provides adequate time for employers to express any concerns and for employees to hear the pros and cons of the union proposal. the new nlrb rule would remove these protections. businesses would have to respond to the union organizing petition within seven days of it being filed which would leave employers scrambling to research any arguments that they want to bring up at the union organizing hearing. small businesses who frequently lack experience dealing with unions or in-house counsel to provide advice would be hit

the labor relations board at this point certified the united farm workers as the farm workers union representative for those workers and for almost a quarter of a century this company -- gerawan, has been fighting the effort of these workers to simply exercise their rights. they have pulling all the stops to prevent implementation of the union contract. in fact things gotten so bad that the united farm workers invoked california's mandatory mediation law in a state appointed mediator was actually imposed, and that mediator issued a three year contract which included retroactive wage increases, holiday compensation that was supposed to take immediate effect to protect those workers. this happened again in 2013. it is now 2015 and to date gerawan has failed to pay the workers the increased wages, and we know that they're going to continue to ignore the law and ignore the fact that we are dealing with human beings here who have a right to a fair wage. the agricultural industry unfortunately has consistently taken an obstructionist stance towards workers efforts to organize and gerawan farms is curren

in fact, the union has filed a charge with the national labor relations board. live in san francisco, anne makevoc, kpix 5. >>> let's get a check on our roads with liza. it's good to have you here. >> thank you. good to be here on a friday. hi! high energy. it's all good. except for the altamont pass, you guys. we have slow -- what? slow traffic for westbound 580 from beyond the 205 interchange. you can see traffic down to 39 miles per hour but, you know, it's the usual backup for this time of the morning. so commuters are used to that. it doesn't loosen up until you hit about vasco road for that westbound 580 direction. the bay bridge commute is early, so we'll call it "friday light" for the drive out of oakland heading into san francisco. that's your "kcbs traffic." here's roberta. >>> i'm hoping we can call on this, rachel our photojournalist and she is stationed at treasure island this morning. i just got to get out of the way so you can get a good

according to the national labor relations board itself, more than 94% of election os cur in less than 56 days. less than two months, mr. speaker. and the median time is only 38 days. and unions, mr. speaker, win over 60% of those elections. so there is a voice there is a voice. for union organizers, for workers, and for employers. because there's time. there's not a rush. now we just heard some discussion about whether 11 days is probable or -- i think we all agree it's possible maybe it would be 12 or 13 or something like that but it's not in question that you only have seven days under this rule, and this is the rule by the way this is the rule that we're talking about, the law that's affected is many times think thicker than this. -- many times thicker than this so my colleague was saying if you have a labor lawyer on staff if you're a small to middle sized company you don't, you can't afford that you have seven days to go out and find a lawyer that can help you comply with this rule and with the law, the much thinkinger district of columbia thicker law, seven days. to get through

congress was in session or not, as he made what he called recess appointments to the national labor relations board, the supreme court told him no ruling against him. he alone determined the minimum standards for insurance plans by executive fiat. he alone termed in the minimum wage for federal contractors waiving welfare work requirements as well. the words excite the president's imagination, and now he's apparently fascinated with the idea of mandatory voting. >> in australia and other countries, there's mandatory voting. it would be transformative if everybody voted. that would counteract money more than anything. if everybody voted, then it would completely change the political map in this country. lou: there are members saying that no presidential candidate has ever raised as much money as he did in successive presidential races. he wants to force everyone to vote, he says, without requiring voter id. >> the people who tend not to vote are young they're lower income they're skewed more heavily toward immigrant and minority groups. there's a reason why folks try to keep them away from the polls

get mad when employees gripe about work on social media but cannot get even, the national labor relations boarding conditions is protected by the law so owners can not cut pay or deny promotions or fire someone for making disparaging comments although it probably still isn't smart to do. >>> now a check on the forecast. >> mike? >>> share the wealth of warmth. good morning, everyone, we have fog along the coast and less than quarter-mile at half moon bay so it is dangerous. along one and 92 and still half a mile around santa rosa so 101 is foggy as is road is and your neighborhoods. the rest us are okay with petaluma at six and rohnert park could be foggy. loop the peninsula we have sunshine. we are 49 in palo alto and redwood city and woodside is cool at 44 and menlo park is 47 and everyone else in the low-to-mid 40s or mid-50s around san san ramon is the cool post at 47. napa and santa rosa at 44 and 45. the ferry ride this morning, look how calm the water is with a light wind and a lot of sunshine. grab the sunglasses. record highs away from the coast where the clouds will open but they will

when we deal with cases in the supreme court or the national labor relations board that's when foundation attorneys step in and help workers in those states. host: brian is up next in shalmburg, illinois, line for independents. you're on with mark mix of the national right to work. caller: good morning. i am a labor union member. you know, this whole strategy behind right to work it's been around a long time, and it's basically divide and conquer. they want to divide up america's working class and look what's gone on. you should show a chart that show average incomes in america. as unionization has fallen, so has average incomes. we're on this downward spiral the race to the bottom. we have corporations with all the power and the working class with very little. and this gentleman says, oh, sure, you can join a union, but if you follow his logic, all unions become is just a social club. host: i've got your chart for you. if up to the take a look at, it we can get mark mix. this is union membership rates around the country, the red line. the blue line, middle class share of income in this c

it aims to overturn regulations issued by the national labor relations board last year. the white house has already issued a veto threat on the measure. the senate returns today at 3:00 p.m. eastern. there are expected to consider two executive nominal nations as well as resume debate on a bill that would increase fines for those found guilty of human trafficking during depending on the outcome, it is possible that senators could begin to debate this week on the nomination of loretta lynch to be the next attorney general. senator mitch mcconnell says her nomination will only come up after the senate moves forward with the human trafficking bill. she will be the first african-american woman to head. tonight, on "the communicators," sec on their new net neutrality ruling, municipal broadband, and lifeline. >> what i am proposing that we do is overhaul the lifeline program, make it concurrent and in sync with the information age. challenge those providers to give more to their consumers. the prices and opportunities have gone down, have been more exclusive for the rest of u

president, last december, rightfully the national labor relations board voted to make important changese the election process and help prevent delays and frivolous litigation. i am sure there are some businesses who oppose this but i haven't found them. this is simply a problem that's been engendered by the republicans here in the senate. they're trying to roll back these reforms instead of supporting the rights of workers. the reforms they made are so basic, like using email and using other processes such as a fax machine and using the employers' records not the unions' records. later this afternoon the senate will consider a republican resolution of disapproval to seeks to undo the nlrb rules changes. this is yet another sad reminder of how little regard the republicans have for the american worker. last year we saw republicans vote against an increase in the minimum wage as well as legislation that would ensure american women getting the same way for doing the same work as men. republicans in the congress, i don't think mr. president they just don't get it. we're here in this buildin

it aims to overturn regulations issued last year by the national labor relations board. the white house has said it will veto the measure. you can watch live coverage here on c-span. cia director john brennan spoke friday at the council on foreign relations in new york city. he discussed national security threats and the u.s. strategy against isis, calling it a long-term struggle. he talked about efforts to strengthen intelligence that agencies and enhance global security. this is one hour. [applause] >> thank you very much charlie and good afternoon, everyone. i want to thank the council of foreign relations and richard haas for letting me be here today. over the past three months, the cia has been in the news for a variety of reasons, most of them unrelated to the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead of us on the global stage will stop i would like to begin with a snapshot of some of the international developments and trends that are of the greatest concern to the cia and talk about how we are tackling these challenges. i thought i would take some time to focus

and disapproving a rule that the national labor relations board has set forth that basically creates what are called ambush elections. and that's for forming a labor union. the concern that i have with this legislation is that it's just another what i consider to be example of the hyperpartisan environment that we find the national labor relations board over the past several years. it's advancing a pro-union agenda. it's a policy that's not necessary, particularly in light of the fact that some 70 union elections with the current -- 70% of union elections with the current policy are successful. i guess that the national labor relations board is not satisfied with winning 70% of the time. they want to run up the score and allow unionization 100% of the time. and many people when they think about labor unions and they think about organizing, they think about big businesses, but i'm here to talk about the negative effect that this has on the small business, a 50-person operation or 150-person operation, a business that doesn't have the resources that a big business would have and the inf

>> we mentioned because mcdonald's is facing a landmark case in the hands of the national labor relations boardat has huge ramifications everywhere. our kate rogers is on the story for us. hi kate. >> hi, kelly. that's right. this week the national labor relations board will begin weighing whether or not mcdonald's is a joint employer with its franchise locations. the case is the result of 14 consolidated complaints across franchise mcdonald's locations made by workers, claiming they were retaliated against for pro labor activities. a ruling at mcdonald's as a joint employer would mean that corporate mcdonald's could be responsible for working conditions, pay and worker rights conditions at its worker locations. mcdonald's disagrees with the notion and says it provides access to resources for its 3100 franchisees in the u.s. but this does not support a joint employer relationship under the law. now, the international franchise association has spoken out on the ruling as well saying that it will stifle job growth within the industry. and expert says the customer experience in store would likely

has vetoed a congressional measure today that would block the national reliever -- national labor relations board. the rule is set to take effect on april 14. the white house saying that thereir talks with iran could extend past today. a short time ago the white house spokesperson josh earnest updated us on the negotiations. josh: overlong negotiations over the course of the day today they are going to continue these conversations tomorrow, as long as -- if necessary, and as long as the conversations continue to be productive. we president has been very clear that we have been having this conversation for over a year now and the international community onset of united states is seeking very specific commitments from the iranians to shut down every path with a have two and to agree to intrusive inspections to verify their compliance with the agreement. we have been very clear that if after a year of negotiations they are not prepared to accept that agreement, we will look at other alternatives. but conversations continue to be productive as possible talks could continue into tomorrow. right now it

legislative work, taking up a bill dealing with rules prom umgate -- promulgated by the national labor relations boards dealing with unions. that is tomorrow in the house. the senate is stuck a bit on the nomination -- on the human trafficking bill rather, on the floor now, senator john cornyn of texas talking and debates with senator dine feinstein of california on moving forward with that anti-human traffickinging bill. they tried earlier but failed to get to 60 votes they needed to move forward on that. the majority leader said the senate won't move forward on the nomination of loretta lynch to be attorney general until they start dealing the human traffickinging bill. the debate continues and our senate coverage of course is over on c-span2. >> it will be at least a few minutes before the house budget committee gavels back in to continue their markup of the 2016 budget proposal. the chairman did say they expect to be working until midnight tonight and we will continue our live coverage. until they return, part of today's "washington journal." guest: he is on his basketball team football team he is

disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, united states code, of the rules submitted by the national labor relations board relating to representation case procedures. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the house calendar and ordered printed. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i request unanimous consent to remove my name from h.r. 296. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mrs. maloney: thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will now swer err -- will now entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from arizona seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. mrs. roby: -- ms. mcsally: mr. speaker last week arizona and our country lost a hearing, with the passing of bill badger. one of the people responsible for sub duing the gunman of the january 8 2011, shootings in tucson, arizona. bill served for 37 years in the army where he flew helicopters and fixed wi

last year, the national labor relations board took an important step to modernize and streamline union election procedures. commonsense, simple advancements. the rule changes are good for workers and good for businesses. this whole fight doesn't deal with business for its workers. you have to search long and hard to find a business that opposes what the nlrb did. this is all the antiunion rhetoric of the republicans here in the senate. the reforms that nlrb pushed forward allows employers and unions to file forms electronically kind of the modern world that we all live in. they also allow communications with workers by email and cell phone. pretty reasonable reform, it sounds like to me. yet today senate republicans are trying to roll back rule changes instituted by the nlrb. later this afternoon we'll vote on a resolution of disapproval to undo those commonsense reforms. republicans think they are striking a blow against labor unions with votes like today's vote, but what they're really doing is undermining the american worker, american families. american workers and their families ha

voting at this hour on a bill that would nullify a national labor relations board rule on union elections. the senate also expected to take up the consideration of a veto the president's veto of the keystone x.l. pipeline bill that passed in the house and senate a couple weeks ago. follow the senate debate on c-span2 and here on c-span, live now to the house floor. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] the speaker: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy:, god of the universe, we give you thanks for giving us another day. lord, you have promised to be with all people wherever they are, whatever their need. we reach out in prayer for the homeless, the poor those anxious about the future those who are ill, or those to whom freedom has been denied. bless the members of this people's house, inspire them as representatives of the american people to labor for justice and righteou

voting at this hour on a bill that would nullify a national labor relations board rule on union electionse senate also expected to take up the consideration of a veto, the president's veto of the keystone x.l. pipeline bill that passed in the house and senate a couple weeks ago. follow the senate debate on c-span2 and here on c-span live now to the house floor. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] we are watching the stay on day. that is wonderful. i am sure the cravings appreciate the fact that somebody is watching what is happening from the side of the world. when is it going to get bad enough that the president and this administration are actually going to follow through on promises that have been made to the ukrainian people? >> again with the promises that have been made for strong comic support and security? >> disarm yourself to maintain stability in the region and we will be there. >> we will certainly can say your concern abo

disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5 united states code of the rules submitted by the national labor of relations board relating to representation case procedures. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the chair will postpone further proceedings today on the motion to suspend the rules on which a recorded vote or the yeas and nays are ordered or on which the vote incurs objection under clause 6 of rule 20. any recorded vote on the postponed question will be taken later. for what purpose does the gentleman from wisconsin seek recognition? >> madam speaker, i move to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 1527, the slain officers family support act. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 1527, a bill to accelerate the income tax benefits for charitable cash contributions for the relief of the families of new york police department detectives and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. ryan and the gentleman from new york, mr. jeffries each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes

labor participation is skewing the results. furthermore, for those who find a job in that to-29 category, the federal reserve board survey of young work i.r.s. -- workers report only 20% of those find jobs closely related to their field of study. they need to be better invested so they can enter the workforce truly equipped and without needless delay and countless dollars spent on a degree that leaves them jobless. this is a major challenge to our education system and the president's proposal falls far short of the reforms needed to address these challenges. let's look at growth and productivity absolutely essential if we're going to have a growing economy and provide more jobs for more people. as it stands, the united states today -- the united states remains one of the most productive economies in the world. we can treasure that. we can celebrate that. however, much concern remains about whether america will be able to sustain that productive why i of which it -- productivity of which it proved capable over the last half century, but there's a real question today as to whether that can be sustained. business creation, entrepreneurship and technological innovations have slowed over the past decade ala

choosing one's representation is a right we cherish as americans in the national labor relations board rule -- and the national labor relations board rule preserves it for our workers. the nlrb rule would cut back on the frivolous court cases these corporations file over and over, these frivolous court cases that companies use to stall elections. it would allow nlrb hearing officers to move forward with an election despite pending litigation the stalling tactics of frivolous lawsuits to ensure workers aren't silenced by expensive legal battles. these reforms will not only help workers, they will also help businesses who act in good faith by streamlining the election process. this isn't an antibusiness move that the workers and the unions want to engage in. it's a cooperative move because moving quickly will get -- will bring everybody to the table more quickly. right now the election process varies widely from state to state. it relies on outdated forms of communication. this change will provide certainty to workers and businesses alike and will allow both to file electronically instea