Congressman Tom Price (R-GA) issued the following statement urging the Senate to reject the nomination of Craig Becker to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Rep. Price is the Ranking Republican Member of the Committee on Education and Labor’s Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.

“Democrats are pushing Craig Becker for the NLRB so they can achieve by bureaucratic fiat what they cannot do in honest and open Congressional debate – implement card check,” said Congressman Price. “Card check would deny American workers the right to a vote by secret ballot when deciding if they want labor unions in their workplace. The NLRB was created to oversee workforce laws, not bend and reshape them until they are no longer recognizable. If Democrats truly wish to deny workers the right to a secret ballot, they should make their case before the American people and subject it to a vote in Congress. Mr. Becker’s nomination is an attempt to sidestep due process and give union bosses more control over the workplace. Americans should not be governed by un-elected, rogue bureaucrats who take power from the people and centralize it within unaccountable executive agencies. I urge the Senate to reject Mr. Becker’s nomination.”