Rep. Miller and Andrews’ Statement on Federal Court Ruling on NLRB Recess Appointments
WASHINGTON – Reps. George Miller (D-Calif.), the senior Democratic member of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, and Rob Andrews (D-NJ), the ranking member of the Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee, issued the following joint statement today after a federal court said that President Obama’s recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board were invalid.
“Today’s decision flies in the face of precedent and past practice. It radically undermines the ability of any president – Democratic or Republican – to staff critical government positions when another party engages in political obstructionism. We disagree with these judges’ distorted view of the Constitution and their attempt to reshape the recess appointment power in a way that, if accepted, would render invalid hundreds of past appointments by previous administrations. We expect that this decision will not stand.
“The American people deserve a fully functioning government, and they deserve a fully functioning National Labor Relations Board, which is critical to working families’ economic security and stable labor relations throughout our economy. It is time the legal gamesmanship and political obstruction in the Senate end so that Presidential nominations for this agency and others can be considered and voted on.”
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