When Unions Are Strong America is Strong

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Mr. HORSFORD. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the Protecting the Right to Organize Act.

For more than a decade, I helped lead the Culinary Training Academy of Las Vegas, the largest job training program in Nevada and one of the largest in the country.

Our work to train and place thousands of Nevadans in good union jobs taught me a lifelong lesson about the power of organized labor to uplift working people.

As a founding member and co-chair of the Congressional Labor Caucus, I am proud to support the PRO Act, which will return power to the hands of workers instead of Wall Street.

The PRO Act will ensure that workers have a seat at the table to advocate for higher wages, fair benefits, and security in employment and retirement.

Passing this legislation will protect the right to organize and provide basic labor protections to millions of workers who are not currently in a union.

Passing the PRO Act means undoing the damage of the Supreme Court's Janus decision, revitalizing the National Labor Relations Board, and rebalancing the scales between corporations and working people.

So I am proud to support the PRO Act because I know that when unions are strong, America is strong. I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on the PRO Act.

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