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Providing for Consideration of H.R. Faster Labor Contracts Act

Floor Speech

By: Al Green
By: Al Green
Date: June 9, 2026
Location: Washington, DC

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Mr. GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I thank my very dear friend from Virginia for allowing me the time. I shall return some of it to the gentleman.

First, an acknowledgment: I am a dues check-off member of AFSCME. I am proud to have been a member of this union for more than 20 years, and I rise to say that I support the legislation.

More importantly, I rise to say that we should not engage in insidious prevarications to solicit the support of legislation. It is not true, and I defend all the unions, especially SEIU and AFSCME. It is not true that any of those unions support Hamas. That is below the belt. There is no empirical evidence to indicate that any of the unions support Hamas. When I heard that, it really touched a nerve.

We can debate these issues without the prevarications that can become incitive.

This is about whether we should have collective bargaining, that it should be fair, and that the industry and labor should compromise and work together. I can support compromise, but I cannot support language indicating that labor unions are supporting Hamas. It is not true.

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