[Excerpt] On behalf of the AFL-CIO 1 urge you to oppose the Broun Motion to Instruct Conferees on H.R. 4348. This motion drastically cuts existing levels of funding for America’s transportation system.

[Excerpt] On behalf of the AFL-CIO 1 urge you to oppose the Broun Motion to Instruct Conferees on H.R. 4348. This motion drastically cuts existing levels of funding for America’s transportation system.

[Excerpt] On behalf of the AFL-CIO, I urge you to support Representative Grimm’s amendment to the Military Construction Appropriations bill to strike language prohibiting Project Labor Agreements (PLA’s) from being used on projects funded under the bill.

[Excerpt] On behalf of the AFL-CIO, I urge you to support Representative Grimm’s amendment to the Military Construction Appropriations bill to strike language prohibiting Project Labor Agreements (PLA’s) from being used on projects funded under the bill.

[Excerpt] On behalf of the AFL-CIO, I am writing to express our continued strong opposition to the ‘Mumpstart Our Business Startups Act” (H.R. 3606), and to urge you to vote no when it is considered by the House later this afternoon. Although the House passed the bill by a wide margin on March 19th, the ensuing Senate debate brought into starker relief the very serious risks the bill poses to our financial regulatory sector. Over the past couple of weeks, every major investor organization, the editorial boards of many major newspapers and even the Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission have warned that H.R. 3606 could reopen the door to the kind of market manipulations and stock bubbles that caused our current economic crisis.

[Excerpt] On behalf of the AFL-CIO, I am writing to express our continued strong opposition to the ‘Mumpstart Our Business Startups Act” (H.R. 3606), and to urge you to vote no when it is considered by the House later this afternoon. Although the House passed the bill by a wide margin on March 19th, the ensuing Senate debate brought into starker relief the very serious risks the bill poses to our financial regulatory sector. Over the past couple of weeks, every major investor organization, the editorial boards of many major newspapers and even the Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission have warned that H.R. 3606 could reopen the door to the kind of market manipulations and stock bubbles that caused our current economic crisis.

[Excerpt] On behalf of the AFL-CIO, I am writing in strong support of the “Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century” (MAP-21). We applaud the Chair and Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee for establishing a bipartisan tone at the outset of the debate and for recognizing that Congress’s top priority should be to pass a multi-year reauthorization of the Surface Transportation Act.

[Excerpt] On behalf of the AFL-CIO, I am writing to urge you to oppose amendments 8, 16 and 17 to the National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 43 10).

[Excerpt] On behalf of the AFL-CIO, I am writing to urge you to oppose amendments 8, 16 and 17 to the National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 43 10).

[Excerpt] On behalf of the AFL-CIO, I am writing to urge you to reject efforts to revive the A-76 privatization process when the Committee marks up the FY 2013 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) later this week. We strongly urge you to oppose the following amendments offered by Representatives Mike Coffman (R-CO) and Scott Rigell (R-VA).