| 00:00:01 | BARGAIN COLLECTIVELY. |
| 00:00:02 | WE BELIEVE IN WORKERS' COMPENSATION. |
| 00:00:04 | WE BELIEVE IN WORKERS SAFETY. |
| 00:00:06 | WE BELIEVE IN HUMAN RIGHTS AND ALL OF THAT IS ABOUT THE LABOR MOVEMENT AND YOU CAN SUPPORT LABOR RIGHTS IN GUATEMALA, BUT YOU BETTER BE SURE YOU'RE SUPPORTING LABOR RIGHTS IN CLEVELAND AND TROIT AND DETROIT AND DOVER, DELAWARE. |
| 00:00:28 | THOSE WERE SOME OF THE WORDS THAT SECRETARY CLINTON SAID. |
| 00:00:30 | I'M EXPANDING ON SOME OF THEM. |
| 00:00:32 | I LOOK BACK IN HISTORY, IN SOME OF THE WORST GOVERNMENTS THAT WE HAD, YOU KNOW THE FIRST THING THEY DID, GO AFTER UNIONS, HITLER DIDN'T WANT UNIONS, MUBARAK DIDN'T WANT UNIONS, THESE AUTOCRATS DON'T WANT INDEPENDENT UNIONS. |
| 00:00:50 | SO WHEN I SEE IN THE OLD SOVIET SOVIET RUSSIA AND WHEN I SEE -- HISTORY TELLS ME ABOUT GERMANY, I'M NOT COMPARING WHAT'S HAPPENED TO THE WORKERS IN MADISON OR IN COLUMBUS TO HIT EXPLER STALIN BUT I AM SAYING THAT HISTORY TEACHES US THAT UNIONS ARE A VERY POSITIVE FORCE IN SOCIETY THAT CREATES A MIDDLE EXPLAS THAT PROTECTS OUR FREEDOM -- CLASS AND THAT PROTECTS OUR FREEDOM. |
| 00:01:13 | SO DON'T TELL ME YOU SUPPORT UNIONS INTERNATIONALLY BUT YOU DON'T SUPPORT UNIONS HERE. |
| 00:01:16 | DON'T TELL ME YOU SUPPORT COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IN POLAND BUT YOU OPPOSE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IN ZANESVILLE OR DAYTON, OHIO, BECAUSE, FRANKLY, THAT'S INCONSISTENT AND ULTIMATELY IT'S -- IT'S -- IT'S NOT TAKING THE SIDE OF PEOPLE WHOM WE ARE SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT. |
| 00:01:31 | WE KNOW, MR. |
| 00:01:32 | PRESIDENT, WE KNOW THAT -- I'M PROUD MY STATE ABOUT THREE BLOCKS, TWO BLOCKS FROM THE CAPITOL IN 1876, THE CAPITOL IN COLUMBUS, THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR WAS FORMED. |
| 00:01:44 | THE FIRST -- THE ACTUAL OF WHAT I KNOW NOW WHAT BEGAN IN COLUMBUS, OHIO, IN 1876 WHEN SOME WORKERS GOT TOGETHER THINKING THERE IS SOME STRENGTH AND SOME SAFETY IN NUMBERS AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BETTER STANDARD OF LIVING IN A BETTER COUNTY AND MORE FREEDOM FOR ALL IF WE BEGIN TO COALESCE IN A GROUP OF PEOPLE. |
| 00:02:02 | NOT TO -- NOT TO CAUSE A -- BUST A HOLE IN THE STATE BUDGET, NOT TO HURT COMPANIES BUT TO MAKE SURE THAT -- THAT WORKERS ARE REPRESENTED AND GET A FAIR SHAKE IN THE SOCIETY. |
| 00:02:10 | MR. |
| 00:02:11 | PRESIDENT, IT'S ALL PRETTY SIMPLE. |
| 00:02:12 | WE HAVE A STRONG MIDDLE CLASS IN THIS COUNTRY BECAUSE WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO ORGANIZE AND BARGAIN COLLECTIVELY. |
| 00:02:17 | WE HAVE A STRONG MIDDLE CLASS IN THIS COUNTRY BECAUSE WE'RE A DEMOCRACY, BECAUSE WORKERS CAN SHARE IN SOME OF THE WEALTH THEY CREATE FOR THEIR EMPLOYERS. |
| 00:02:26 | AND SO I HOPE TEN YEARS FROM NOW, MR. |
| 00:02:29 | PRESIDENT -- AND I KNOW THAT IN DELAWARE THIS IS SOMETHING YOU FOUGHT FOR WITH MANUFACTURING AND MIDDLE CLASS AND ALL -- THAT WE WILL SEE, AS PRODUCTIVITY GOES UP AND PROFITS GO UP, THAT WORKERS' WAGES WILL GO UP TOO. |
| 00:02:41 | IT'S THE AMERICAN WAY. |
| 00:02:42 | IT'S WHAT WE STAND FOR. |
| 00:02:43 | NOTHING IN OUR SOCIETY, FRANKLY, IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN A PROSPEROUS MIDDLE EXPLAS WHAT IT BRINGS -- CLASS AND WHAT IT BRINGS TO US IN TERMS OF FREEDOM AND EQUALITY. |
| 00:02:51 | MR. PRESIDENT, I YIELD THE FLOOR. |
| 00:02:52 | NOTE THE ABSENCE OF A QUORUM. |
| 00:02:53 | THE PRESIDING OFFICER: THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. |
| 00:02:59 | QUORUM CALL: QUORUM |
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