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This bill nullifies the Executive Order titled Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs (issued on March 27, 2025), which excludes specified executive agencies and subdivisions from the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute. The statute authorizes federal employees' participation in collective bargaining and enforces collective bargaining rights.
The bill also specifies that a covered collective bargaining agreement in place as of March 26, 2025, shall have full force and effect through the stated term of the agreement.
I rise in opposition to H.R. 2550. Americans pay several hundred billion dollars in taxes each year to fund the salaries and benefits of more than 2 million Federal civilian employees.
Since I have been in the Senate, he has been very consistent about his concern about what we all should be doing for the environment, and I think we ought to take it very seriously--whatever we can do to protect our environment. But, today, I rise to object, to oppose this resolution.
The Federal Government spends $7 trillion a year. Yet, less than 1 percent of that goes to NIH research, and that sliver delivers outsized returns. NIH's Diabetes Prevention Program, for example, cut type 2 diabetes by 58 percent.
This support for these two teams shows that Hoosiers love college sports, and we want to continue rooting for our favorite schools and athletes for generations to come, but the future of college sports is at a crossroads right now.
I strongly oppose this bill because it would jeopardize our national security, and it locks in harmful last-minute agreements from the Biden administration.
I urge my colleagues to defend Article II, reject this H.R. 2550, and stand with the American people who sent us here to drain the swamp, not to protect it.
I rise today in support of H.R. 2550, bipartisan legislation to restore collective bargaining rights for hundreds of thousands of unionized Federal employees.
I rise today not just in support of H.R. 2550, but in support of the right to collectively bargain. This is not a policy idea. It is a lifeline that ensures fair wages, safe workplaces, and the basic dignity that every worker deserves.
Over the past few weeks, familiar scenes have been playing out in Colorado and all across the country. Families are buying new books and backpacks, picking up school supplies, and taking their children to the pediatrician for their annual checkup.
I am here with another unanimous consent request, and I appreciate the Senator from Florida, Senator Scott, for being here to participate in this exchange.
$43.6 billion and counting--that is the Pentagon's estimate for how much it has spent on this illegal war in Iran. Now, that is a lot of money. In fact, it is so much money that if every American family gave $500, you still wouldn't have enough to pay for this war--the missiles, the munitions, the warships.
I rise in strong support of the Protecting America's Workforce Act, which will restore collective bargaining rights for more than 1 million Federal workers.
I rise today in strong support of the Protect America's Workforce Act, legislation that will restore the collective bargaining rights of more than a million hardworking Federal employees, patriotic public servants who have been targeted viciously by the Trump administration from the very beginning of his time in office unnecessarily and in ways that…
I support this motion, and I encourage my colleagues, including the 226 Members of this Chamber who cosponsored the bill and the 218 of them who signed the discharge petition, to support the motion.
Reserving the right to object, though this bill is primarily focused on addressing bycatch in the Northern Pacific fisheries, Alaska, we still have questions in Massachusetts about how this bill will affect fisheries that expand beyond the Northern Pacific.
As a former union member, I understand the critical importance of standing together for workers' rights. I know how unions can be a powerful force for change, ensuring working families have a fair shot at the American Dream. That is why the Protect America's Workforce Act is so vital.
Our Federal employees want to serve their fellow Americans. We should allow them to do it free of intimidation or reprisal, and that is why I am so strong to stand with my colleague from Virginia to support the Protect America's Workforce Act.
Anyone who says that they are looking out for American workers should support restoring and protecting the collective bargaining rights to allow everyday people, our Federal workforce, to achieve economic security and dignity by speaking with one powerful, unified voice.
And this legislation is to make sure that we protect our Federal workers and realize that our Federal workers do remarkable things. They inspect our food, support our troops, respond to national disasters, frankly, protect our safety.
This administration has spent all of this time driving up the cost of everything from gas to groceries, starting wars that we are paying for at home, making healthcare unaffordable and making our lives worse.
I rise in support of the Protect America's Workforce Act. I am a proud cosponsor of this bipartisan legislation to restore collective bargaining rights to hundreds of thousands of Federal workers.
I rise today outraged at the ongoing assault on the rights and protections of the Federal workers who serve our Nation, over 48,000 of them in Hawaii alone.
I am a proud former union member and the daughter of union members, and I will always fight to protect union rights. What is true about Kitsap, where I grew up, is that we are not red or blue, but we are a union town. That is why I was proud to cosponsor this bill and a proud signer of the discharge petition.
Our Federal workforce deserves a voice. We know the executive order was the largest act of union busting in our Nation's history. It stripped away collective bargaining rights of over a million Federal employees in over 40 Federal agencies.
They are firefighters, nurses, doctors, air traffic controllers, food inspectors, law enforcement, and public safety officials. They impact every part of our lives, and we take them for granted. We cannot hurt them. We must support them.
I urge all Members to support this legislation and restore these protections for over 1 million Federal workers. Again, this particular legislation is about no political loyalty test having to be administered to workers in the Federal Government. They are accountable to the American people.
We count on these public servants to be on the front lines, keeping our communities running and our constituents safe. In return, they deserve to have their rights protected.
Stripping collective bargaining rights is a direct assault on our nonpartisan civil service. This bill says: Not on our watch. That is why I signed the discharge petition on my first day in office.
I urge my colleagues to do right by the people who serve our country every day by restoring basic fairness and bringing us back to a system that has worked under both parties for decades.
Despite repeatedly claiming to be the most pro-worker President and administration in history, since taking office, President Trump took action earlier this year that stripped collective bargaining rights from nearly 1 million Federal employees.
Had I been present, I would have voted YEA on Roll Call No. 322, NAY on Roll Call No. 323, YEA on Roll Call No. 324, NO on Roll Call No. 325, AYE on Roll Call No. 326, AYE on Roll Call No. 327, AYE on Roll Call No. 328, YEA on Roll Call No. 329, NAY on Roll Call No. 330, and YEA on Roll Call No. 331.
I missed votes due to a personal matter. Had I been present, I would have voted NAY on Roll Call No. 317, NO on Roll Call No. 318, YEA on Roll Call No. 319, NAY on Roll Call No. 320, and YEA on Roll Call No. 321.
I missed votes due to personal illness. Had I been present, I would have voted NAY on Roll Call No. 317, No on Roll Call No. 318, YEA on Roll Call No. 319, NAY on Roll Call No. 320, and YEA on Roll Call No. 321.
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