Republicans Condemn Biden’s New Bill

Lawmakers have mixed emotions.

In a recent interview with Fox Business, Republican Senator Rand Paul expressed regret about the recent decision made by Congress which resolved the potential rail strike.

Paul explained that Congress rapidly getting involved in the issue regarding the strike will not have the time to properly understand the complexity of the issue which could result in the railroad workers getting hurt.

In transcript provided by Breitbart, Paul stated, “[T]he reason I voted present was sort of an old-fashioned notion that I don’t think Congress should be involved with contracts, saying, oh labor’s right and labor should get this or I also don’t think Congress should say, oh, management’s right and management should get this. Negotiations in a marketplace take place voluntarily. Congress shouldn’t be dictating our will. We didn’t have a political election to see what your wages are. … And it was my way [of] voting against the Railway Act of 1926 as well.”

Paul then added, “And the more Congress gets involved, the more the other sides are going to expect this to happen. Now, we have some sort of mediation board, which would be better than Congress. … I’m not here to say, labor, you don’t deserve this. The four unions that rejected this, I think, are half of the railway workers. Should I usurp their will and tell them no, this is what I’ve decided? Nobody in Congress has time to sit down and look at every bit of the details of this.”