Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.

The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions will please come to order. Uh, we still uh need a few more people here, so I'll make my remarks, um punil- punishing the people who came early. Uh, and then we will vote on two nominees to be members of the National Labor Relations Board or the NLRB. If confirmed, Mister Jim Macy and Mister David Prouty will be charged with resolving lab- labor disputes and protecting workers' rights under federal law. This means clearing the backlog of cases caused by the Biden administration and restoring certainty for workers and the nation's economy. Mister Prouty has been confirmed once before as he served as a member of the NLRB for the past five years, and has now been re-nominated by President Trump. Mister Macy has decades of legal experience as an attorney negotiating collective bargaining agreements he'll bring a common sense and on the ground perspective to board decisions. We now have the opportunity to put workers first to maintain the board's quorum, so it works as intended. In addition to the NLRB nominees, we'll also vote on Mr. Brett, excuse me, Doctor Brett Matsumoto's nomination to be Commissioner of Labor Statistics. The current jobs report process is broken, with significant revisions undermining trust in critical BLS products that impact everyday Americans' finances. If confirmed, Mister Matsumoto will be tasked with bringing transparency, innovation and accuracy to our nation's economic data. We're also voting on Michael McDonald to be Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Mister McDonald's confirmation will allow for further preparations for the nation's quintessential implementation of policies to combat anti-semitism on college campuses and reorganization of grant funding to deserving scholars. With that, I recognize Senator Sanders.

Thank you. Um, Mister Chairman, I support David Prouty's renomination to serve on the NLRB board. And I am opposed to President Trump's three other nominees that we are considering today. We need members of the NLRB who will protect the constitutional rights of workers to form a union. The vast majority of workers in America want to form unions. They are stopped illegally time and time again. And that is the kind of, those are the kind of people we need on the NLRB who will protect workers. In my view, Mister Prouty will do just that. Unfortunately, I'm afraid that William Macy, the Republican nominee, who has spent most of his career representing the interests of management, will not. Uh, but that's not just my opinion. More importantly, it's what the AFL CIO, representing fifteen million American workers, believe. On June twenty fifth, the AFL sa- uh, CIO sent us a letter stating, quote, "We urge you to defend the NLRB's independence and workers' access to a fair day in court by maintaining its quorum with the advancement of member Prouty's nomination and declining to report Mister Macy's nomination to the senate floor i ask mr. chairman i ask unanimous consent to

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enter this letter this letter into the record mr. chairman i ask unanimous consent to enter this letter into the record from the afl-cio without objection mr. chairman i will also vote no on mister masamoto's nomination to serve as the commissioner uh a commissioner of the bureau of labor statistics in my view we need a bls commissioner who will give us accurate and unbiased statistics on the unemployment rate in the American workforce not someone who will tell the president what he wants to hear. Unfortunately, I do not believe Mister Matsumoto will exercise the independence necessary for this important job. Finally, I'm opposed to Mister McDonald's nomination to serve as chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Mister McDonald has repeatedly signed off on using NEH funds for projects that benefit President Trump and has repeatedly signed off on using NEH funds for projects that benefit President Trump including its attempt to build trump's absurd arch in a nation's capital without congressional authorization thank you mr. chairman

seeing that the quorum is present i will now move to favorably report mr. macy's nomination the clerk shall call the roll i shall be voting yes

senator paul

aye

senator collins

aye

senator mirkowski

aye

senator marshall

aye

senator scott

aye

senator holly

aye

senator tuberville

aye

senator banks

aye

sir he's

yes

center moody

aye

sir armstrong

aye i think that proxy votes interesting

senator sanders

no

senator murray

no by proxy

senator baldwin

no by proxy

senator murphy

no by proxy

senator kane

no

senator Hassan senator hickenlooper senator markey

no

senator kim

no

senator Blunt Rochester senator also brooks

no by proxy

Senator Husted.

Come here.

Getting him here. That's why the down is on the screen.

Unless the Democrat wishes to change their vote, we are going to wait for Senator Husted. But I will also inform that the passage of Mister Macy predicates what we do with Mister Prouty. mmm hmm oh hmm um hmm What? We told the Senator Husted is in the building, I will vote for Prouty if a Democrat will flip and vote for Macy, but we're not gonna bring up Prouty unless we get Macy on there. so i don't know about the future ideas ok when the building is coming up right now uh do you have to ask the other ones right now maybe no but what we're gonna do is we're gonna go to the other yeah we'll tickle them as well about the official meeting yeah exactly town house agency yeah yeah yeah do you hear me or not for a second oh john center houston he's

chairman cassidy

aye

have twelve eyes eleven a's

ok we decide that

oh oh senator baldwin

what is the question

um

no

no ok have twelve eyes eleven a's

ok the ayes have it the nomination is agreed to and will be favorably reported to the senate we now move to mr. matzema uh doctor matzema to his voting um the clerk should call the roll i shall be voting yes

senator paul

aye

senator collins

aye

senator Murkowski senator marshall

aye

senator scott

aye

senator holly senator tuberville

aye

senator banks

aye

senator Husted

aye

senator moody senator armstrong senator sanders

no

senator murray

no but how so

senator baldwin senator murphy

no but how so

senator kane

no but how so

senator hassan senator hickenlooper senator markey senator kim senator rochester senator Alsobrooks

over at rochester

chairman cassidy

yes

aye

twelve eyes eleven nays

the ayes have it we should now move to um

ok that's a good one

mr. mcdonald um the clerk should call the roll i shall be voting yes

senator paul

aye

senator collins murkowski senator murkowski

aye

senator Marshall

aye

senator scott

aye

senator Hawley

aye

senator Tuberville

aye

senator banks

aye

senator Husted

aye

senator moody

aye

senator armstrong

aye

senator sanders

more than six minutes

senator murray

don't by proxy

senator baldwin

no

mmm

senator murphy

don't by proxy

senator Kaine

no

senator hassan

no

senator hickenlooper senator markey

oh

senator kim

no no

senator rochester

yes

senator alcer brooks

don't by proxy

chairman cassidy

aye

we have twelve eyes eleven ears

those eyes have it we should now move to mr.

proudy uh the culture call the roll senator paul

yeah

senator collins

aye

senator Murkowski senator marshall

aye

senator scott

no

senator holly

aye

senator tuberville

no

senator banks

no

senator Husted

aye

senator moody

no

senator armstrong

aye

holly was first senator sanders

aye

so they there we go senator murray

no way don't pass

senator baldwin center murphy

i by bert

senator Kaine

aye

senator Hassan

aye

senator hickenlooper

aye

senator markey senator kim

aye

senator Blunt Rochester senator Alsobrooks

i by bert rochester

chairman cassidy

no

have seventeen eyes six nays

the eyes have it the nomination is agreed to and is favorably reported to the senate um thank you

you're welcome

the committee stands adjourned