Nomination of Lauren McGarity Ferran
Floor Speech
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Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, later this morning, the Senate will vote to advance the nomination of Lauren McFerran to serve another term as a member of the National Labor Relations Board.
Ms. McFerran has served admirably on the NLRB for many years, where she is known for her fairness, deep expertise, and guiding the Board to deal with the challenges of the contemporary workplace. She worked in the Senate for our former colleagues Tom Harkin and the late Ted Kennedy.
If you truly care about working families, if you care about fixing income inequality in America, then you should be in favor of advancing today's NLRB nominee. You can't say you are for working families and then go and vote no today, because the NLRB protects workers from mistreatment on the job and from overreaching employers. hearts act
Mr. President, on the HEARTS Act passage, last night, in a great moment, the Senate finally reached the end zone of the HEARTS Act, a bill I have worked on for months with Damar Hamlin of the Buffalo Bills to better prepare schools against cardiac emergencies. The HEARTS Act is now on the way to President Biden's desk. By doing so, we are ensuring that every school has access to AEDs and the ability to teach CPR.
The HEARTS Act will save lives, plain and simple. God forbid a child goes into cardiac arrest while at school or a young athlete suffers an emergency on the field, but thanks to the HEARTS Act, there will soon be more AEDs nearby to save them like they saved Damar Hamlin.
I am so proud to have worked with Damar to get this bill passed. He is an amazing man. Together, I must say, Damar and I--unlikely as it may seem--have been a great team. After he suffered from cardiac arrest in the middle of a football game, Damar didn't just sit around; he came to visit me in Washington and told me he wanted to ``make history'' and ensure more kids in schools have access to the same AEDs that saved Damar's life. Last night, finally, history was made when we passed this bill that Damar and I proudly led.
So thank you, Damar Hamlin. You are both a strong and humble man. It is a rare combination. Thank you to the Buffalo Bills. Thank you to the NFL and Roger Goodell. Thank you to all the student athletes and great champions in Buffalo and everywhere who pushed for this bill. They all made it happen.
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