she has to resort to handing out nlrb decisions. the decisions changing the law are coming out so rapidly that the nlrb is venturing into new territory with its efforts at rule making. this is no way to maintain a national labor law policy. our plan, the nlrb reform act, will first end partisan advocacy, second, rein in the general counsel, and third encourage timely decisions. our bill would offer these solutions without taking away one right or one remedy from one employee, one business or one union. i hope that my colleagues will carefully review this proposal in considering cosponsoring the nlrb reform act. i thank the president. i yield the floor. mr. durbin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: mr. president, i have great respect for the senator from tennessee. we work on many things together. and i mean that sincerely. politicians often throw those words around but i don't when it comes to my colleague from tennessee. i mean it. he is a good senator and i enjoy working with him. i have

the nlrb is out of control.ybody in business knows that and you see that every day they tried to shut down businesses there on the side of unions they have just become an advocate for the unions. the supreme court overturned their actions unanimously that means even free single supreme court judge said you are out of control that is the nlrb that needs to be reformed. you in business know how important that is to have somebody in the stands when an out-of-control agency. they tried to make card checks through regulation i oppose that and have worked against that i am a person of virginia who passed the right to this secret ballot that the nlrb members do not like but i will fight to make sure we have secret ballot elections not just in virginia but the entire country. [applause] >> i will ask the question next. barbara comstock can you explain why you voted against the governor's transportation implant that was hailed by some of as once in a generation infusion of money for transportation in the state or a regio

i am the person in virginia who passed the right to a secret ballot, something that the nlrb currentembers do not like, but i will fight for to make sure we have secret ballot elections, not just in virginia, which you are entitled to, but in the entire country. >> thank you. [applause] thanks. [laughter] i will ask a question next. it has been referenced a couple of times. delegate comstock, can you explain why you voted against governor mcdonnell's transportation plan? it was hailed as a once-in-a-lifetime infusion here in a state where transportation problems are significant. a moment ago, your opponent referenced it as a game changer. can you explain why you voted against the bill? would you do so again today? >> i would note something my opponent has not noted -- that there was bipartisan opposition as well as bipartisan support. i know that this was a difficult issue, and we did all worked together very civilly on it. you know in the business community that i did meet and discuss this with you, but i was concerned about a disproportionate tax on northern virginia. we got a high

they tried to make card check through regulation in the nlrb. i have opposed that. i am the person in virginia who passed the right to a secret ballot, something that the nlrb current members do not like, but i will fight for to make sure we have secret ballot elections, not just in virginia, which you are entitled to, but in the entire country. >> thank you. thanks. i will ask a question next. it has been referenced a couple of times. delegate comstock, can you explain why you voted against governor mcdonnell's transportation plan? it was hailed by some as a once-in-a-lifetime infusion of money here in a state where transportation problems are significant. a moment ago, your opponent referenced it as a game-changer. can you explain why you voted against the bill? would you do so again today? >> i would note something my opponent has not noted -- that there was bipartisan opposition as well as bipartisan support. i know that this was a difficult issue, and we did all work together very civilly on it. you know in the business community that i did meet and discuss thi

and forced by the nlrb. employees have direct access to the nlrb process. to navigate.ne laws set out what they can and cannot do. is paul, go ahead. caller: yeah, hello. host: yeah, go ahead. caller: i'm here. ost: we're going to put you on hold. while you're putting your television on mute if you could. joe, the california line. caller: i would like the guest use the bout how they tactics to attack american labor. would like to comment that i have a high school education. years old. union job, my house is paid off, my car is paid off. i have retirement, i have health care. i have paid vacation, paid time.ays, paid sick put two kids through college. host: what do you do? caller: i work for a government contractor at the army training ft.er win. i worked for various contractors years or so.5 and i, you know, for us, it's troops suspect b a cliche, it's our job. uest: sounds like a very, very happy volunteer union member. good for you. that's what unions ought to be doing. you're happy with the service. nothing stopped them from can support you all of the th

when you have something like the nlrb case at least it does diffuse to a certain extent when you havefor example justice kagan and justice amaya are. it makes it hard to make the ideological argument. you can still say it's the wrong result but it makes it a little harder. >> keep in mind people who have the business and the people ended up governed by these decisions and 9-0 decision doesn't say much at all and sidesteps the question the very minimalist position. there is a lot of clarity for people have to comply with the law wears a 5-4 decision might cause an uproar but at least everyone knows where the court stands on these broader principles but the very narrow decision so it cuts both ways. >> if we have run out of questions, halfway? i think we will call it a day. thank you so much and we thank the panelists. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> next, a debate between the candidates running for the u.s. senate seat in iowa. after that, "q&a," with sally quinn. at 7:00 a.m., your calls and comments on "washington journal." >> today, the washington institute will host a day-l

i think last-ditch effort by progressives using nlrb to use mcdonald's an easy target for unions. >> you know what, if i were looking for a good job, that lets me build security for my family, i'd join a union. >> i think that effort is not only misguided but dangerous to the economy, and also behind the curve, mcdonald's american business is in trouble, mostly from changeing taste. but notion there will be so many dues paying members does not matter. but the fact is that half of these people, in our country working minimum wage could they are teenagers, we need to find a way to bust their backs, mr. president, so they don't get stuck at this level for their lives, notion that mr. obama and so many other thing they can only flip burgers for the rest of their lives, in my mind is frightening. we continue to be aggressive and push more and more foreer ins eer foreners to-- foreigners inr universities. they are focused all over the world, east, south asia, 99%, china, india, southwest asia 22%, middle east 17%, latin america, 53%, and in africa 7%. you know,e one of the more ill illogic

what would happen if the british had destroyed the cotton nlrb and manhattan? they had several chances to do so. and the house, as i suggested, really didn't want to destroyed the continental army. they wanted as william howe said, rough it up, proportionately demonstrate they couldn't possibly win. they didn't want this war to be calm the kind of war against the irish and scottish that was the genocidal war. they wanted it to end and away they cannot cannot come back together. they value the role as peacemaker's more than generals or admirals. i think that is a question that, as i said, unanswerable. but i have some obligation having spent four or five years thinking about what to say. they could replace the army easier than they could replace washington. i think what would've happened if each state has reverted to its own state militia as the the british would've still lost but it would have been a different war. probably longer. and there is a possibility -- a 20% possibility that the instruction of the continental army would've destroyed the will of the reb

the bust break has been set up for the nlrb. in the incident occurred at third and carol.pedestrian was struck by one of the trains create. a look behind that on the bay bridge the west from ride as nicosia's backed up know. >>: george: were looking at delays for the inbound right in your commute on the mcarthur maze drive time is running now from 15 to 16 minutes. as we continue our bridge cheka win 92 is looking good. the salmon to your bridges problem free with no delays. your trip to the golden gate bridge and one of oneself of still looks great. if you're heading to the marin county and the richmond simmer fell bridge toll plaza your west bound ride looks great. there are no delays in should have all toll lanes open by 6:00. as a quick check around the bay for u.s. wheat update drive times. >>: george: 15 minutes for the san ramon valley trip so that's not a problem. it was 580 is just beginning to slow and the south bay freeways look good except for a little slowing. the north bay is problem free threw the bottle. >>: mark: the hunt is on this morning for mile line t

the epa is nlrb, another agency that's out of control. certainly, our coal companies in the state of virginia know that. the policies my opponent discusses are killing our coal industry, and then he is not supporting things like offshore drilling, the keystone pipeline, and other ways we can have more affordable energy. the way you get an economy moving is to have affordable energy. our gas prices have gone up. if you are thinking about a single mom out there trying to improve herself, trying to get to school at night, trying to get that better job -- if we are making her gas cost more every day, making her electricity cost more, she cannot get ahead. we need to have affordable energy to have a good economy. that is the all of the above energy policy we have done in virginia. part of that drilling bill was going to go to alternative energy research and our to have the for you science and technology folks in our universities coming up with good new solutions while we use it natural resources to make more affordable economy and better oppor

there was a case in front of the nlrb and the general council ruled that mcdonald's is essentially the franchisor and they're on the hook for what happens inside their stores. they can no longer hide behind their franchisees and what's happening in their stores. it's a $200 billion industry. there's more than enough money to pay $15 to the workers and give them a union. >> you're sounding confident and victorious almost. >> i mean, you know, when these workers started in 2012 i remember people saying they were crazy and there was no way they'll win and now you see people in the country who are low wage workers making $15 an hour and it's because fast food workers were brave enough to do. we're very confident we're going to win this campaign and fast food workers have pledged not to stop until they win. >> kendall fells, thanks so much for joining me. i appreciate it. >> thanks for having us. >> still to come in the "newsroom" nato leaders stand shoulder to shoulder but will they see eye to eye on the threat of isis. michele kosinski live for the start of today's summit. good morning. >

cohen when crowe have lamar alexander, the senator from tennessee proposing to reform the nlrb?forms mean gut the board. he just doesn't say what he really upons so his reforms are to have three democrats and three republicans require four of them to make a decision and that would mean that there won't be decisions made and that turns it back to where it was two years ago. so this is the wake-up call that you've been talking about for working people across the country. if we don't elect a senate that has a democratic majority leader we'll be getting that kind of labor law when we already have the lowest representation of any democracy in the world. 6% of private sector workers have collected bargaining, the 19th century capitalist and no representation and no need to have a board that lives up to the preamble. the preamble of the law says promote collective bargaining. workers need rights. >> let me just add to what larry said, the fact of the matter is that collective bargaining and the right to join a union is basically the only right that's practiced in secret and workers tha

probably the nlrb is gone. labor is almost gone even without the constitutional -- i mean union rates in the workforce are at a 40 or 50 year low without constitutional change. your claim about cartels in that context is overstated. lots of these agricultural price regulations would be gone. i am certainly not here to defend the wisdom of the agricultural policy, although i will defend the constitutionality of those things. , and i will make an assertion, i am not sure, richard, that you would say that major programs like medicare and social security, tax-and-spend programs, i though still ok? -- are those still ok? those are not typically justified under the commerce power. i think that some people that subscribe to your views on the commerce clause would save medicare and social security under the tax-and-spend power. >> let me answer this in the following way. it is one thing to deal with these things that have been established and in place for years. where i think it is dangerous that you do so. and i talke

and thirdly, it was important to me that the nlrb which is now stocked with liberals tried to chargeald's this summer with being joint employees of the 3,000 franchisees. even though they have to do with terms ands can conditions of the business. we don't make the environment for business as nearly as positive as it can be. another example is we won't approve the keystone pipeline. so i do think that we can do some things which in the aggregate can be positive for this country. >> whey always make a point in, people are on both sides of the aisle on all these issues. i'm not going to get into a discussion about whether it's good or bad. but helping out people at the bottom with a $2 increase, that's not going to make anyone -- it may help a little bit. a lot of those people with second jobs. but creating $80,000 a year job, creating $90,000 a year job, high paying jobs where they're needing, that would seem to me if i was going to stand out in front of people and hammer home a theme, that's the theme i would be hammering. private sector creation of good jobs. >> i agree. one of the w

costs are way up because regulations under this administration have been excessive and we have the nlrbestroy the franchise business model by turning franchise owners into joint employees with their franchisees' so the industry is under attack and could be growing, could be creating jobs but it is very difficult in this environment to project a profit when you have the government doing so many things to keep for-profit down. stuart: i promise our view is a long list of reasons why you got problems with the labour market and that was a long list but the president would say it is fair, to raise the minimum wage, is fair to regulate capitalism, fair to regulate the workplace. is it? >> there are a lot of issues, there is some regulations that is very essential, the government's job under the constitution is to protect interstate commerce and want the government protecting commerce. but they are overprotecting it to the point that we go to central planning and restricting growth, the free-market should be determining what products people buy, where they buy them, that is what guided our eco

. >> like the nlrb the epa is another agency that's out of control.i know you all know that and certainly our coal companies in the state of virginia know that. your democratic senator from west virginia knows that and he talks about that often. the policies my opponent discusses are killing our coal industry and not supporting things like offshore drilling the keystone pipeline in other ways we can offer affordable energy. the way you get an economy moving is to have affordable energy. our gas prices have gone up. if you are thinking about a single mom who's out there trying to improve herself trying to get to school at night, trying to get that better job if we are making her gas costs more everyday, her electricity costs more she cannot get ahead. we need to have affordable energy to have a good economy and that is why we need in all of the above energy policy. part of the bill is going to go to alternative energy resourc resource -- research and our universities so you would have assigned to technology folks coming up with good new solutions while

when you have something like the nlrb case at least it does diffuse to a certain extent when you havefor example justice kagan and justice amaya are. it makes it hard to make the ideological argument. you can still say it's the wrong result but it makes it a little harder. >> keep in mind people who have the business and the people ended up governed by these decisions and 9-0 decision doesn't say much at all and sidesteps the question the very minimalist position. there is a lot of clarity for people have to comply with the law wears a 5-4 decision might cause an uproar but at least everyone knows where the court stands on these broader principles but the very narrow decision so it cuts both ways. >> if we have run out of questions, halfway? i think we will call it a day. thank you so much and we thank the panelists. [applause] [inaudible conversations] at georgetown university conference on the able outbreak have been health and human services secretary sylvia burwell on implementing the affordable care acts. later house oversight hearing on the privacy and security of the healthcare

. >> he's had success stacking the nlrb when he wasn't allowed and all the things they effected haveu can't take it back either. that's part of the problem. >> even when they do something they know is illegal and will be tossed out of the courts it will stop the deals. >> exactly. he'll be in martha's vine yard permanently. >> maybe a political window will will open up after the mid many terms. >> why would it? >> i bet the president gets even more. >> do you think so? >> nastier and -- >> it's hard to know how things shake out. >> did you design the tourniquet, alan? what can the p president do just without congress to stop inversion? >> well, first of all, the president would like to see corporate tax reform. he's had it in the budgets for a couple of years. i think the options that treasury has on inversions will be limited. when you look back at the discussion, i think you will say they were timid. >> what's the right answer then? >> we need corporate tax reform. no question. our corporate tax code is an embarrassment. the world passed us by in part -- >> you would like to say, t