ms. hanabusa: i am opposed in its current form. the clerk: ms. hanabusa of hawaii moves to recommit the bill to the committee on education and the work force with instructions to report the same back to the house forthwith with the following amendment. page 20 after line 15, insert the following:j, background checks to protect students from sexual and violent predators. one, background check. each state entity that receives a grant under this section shall have in effect policies and procedures for charter schools receiving funds under the entities programs that, a, require that criminal background checks be conducted for school employees that include, i, a search of the state criminal registry or -- in the state in which the school employee resides in each state which such school employee previously resided. >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that we dispense with the reading. the speaker pro tempore: is there objection? ms. hanabusa: i object, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will read. the clerk: 2-i, in search of a state-ba

ms. hanabusa, one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from hawaii is recognized for one minute. ms. hanabusa: i thank the gentleman for yielding. h.r. 2587 should really be called the death of the workers' rights act. this amends the national labor relations act of 1935. i remember why that act was created. we were in the great depression. so why was it then passed? because workers could join unions even back then but they could be fired for joining the union and for striking. does that sound familiar? this caused great labor unrest in this country, a country that was struggling to get back on its feet. remember, we are a country of workers, workers made this country and workers will continue to make us the great country that we are. what the nlrb said is workers could act in a concerted manner for mutual aid and protection. this act basically eliminates the remedies if that act, if that right is violated. now, remember the nlrb must prove that these protected rights were violated. they just simply

ms. hanabusa, one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from hawaii is recognized for one minute. ms. hanabusa: i thank the gentleman for yielding. h.r. 2587 should really be called the death of the workers' rights act. this amends the national labor relations act of 1935. i remember why that act was created. we were in the great depression. so why was it then passed? because workers could join unions even back then but they could be fired for joining the union and for striking. does that sound familiar? this caused great labor unrest in this country, a country that was struggling to get back on its feet. remember, we are a country of workers, workers made this country and workers will continue to make us the great country that we are. what the nlrb said is workers could act in a concerted manner for mutual aid and protection. this act basically eliminates the remedies if that act, if that right is violated. now, remember the nlrb must prove that these protected rights were violated. they just simply

ms. hanabusa: we must remember one thing. we are all workers. so, mr. speaker, one of the things that's very troubling is the fact that we don't seem to have a grasp on what the national labor relations board is and that's evidenced by h.r. 2587. what the national labor relations board does is simply enforces the rights of workers. we are a great economy. we are a great country because we recognize that we are all workers. and that as workers we have rights to be protected. and one of the rights is to act in a concerted manner. that's what this is all about. it protects people's rights to act together if they so wish. what's wrong with that? that's what makes us the united states of america. that's what makes us the greatest economy in the world. and that's what makes us a country that understands that in order to be the great economy, we must never forget the workers. we must never forget their rights. and we must always protect it. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. for what purpose does t

ms. hanabusa: we can also agree that public confidence is critical because that's what's really going to kick start our economy. we can also agree that when you look and you talk to the people in our various districts what are they most concerned about? they are concerned about jobs because what does jobs represent? it represents the security that they need to provide for the most important part of their life, their families. we could also agree that if there's a plan out there that can add to g.d.p. 2%, add at least two million jobs, cut employment by 1% that that's a plan we should consider. we can also agree that we want to put teachers, firefighters, first responders back to work. and that we want to build infrastructure so we can be the greatest country that we have always been. and we can also agree that we want tax cuts for employees and employers. so what's the problem, mr. speaker? is it the problem that this is the president's plan? that shouldn't be the problem. let's get it together and let's work for the people of this great nation. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. for

ms. hanabusa: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, last night the president stood here and he stood here to speak to us. he came to talk about his proposed american jobs act and i'm sure each and every one of us didn't hear what we wanted to and we took different things from that speech. but what we all should have heard is we were hired -- that word is great -- we were hired to do a job and we must do that job. people are not going to wait 14 months for us to get our act together. especially those who are unemployed. we should also have heard the cry for the future of our nation. the president said we must invest in our future, we must become the number one nation again. we cannot let china outbuild us and neither can we have china and europe take over manufacturing. those are things that we, the united states, has been known for. we must do that. we must invest in ourselves again. we must invest in becoming the number one nation in the world, and we can do that if we are all committed to make it in america. mr. speaker, if