Byrne Applauds Injunction of Controversial Persuader Rule

Congressman Bradley Byrne (R-AL), a member of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement in response to a federal injunction against the Obama Administration’s “persuader” rule.

Byrne said: “We have repeatedly warned that the Obama Administration’s persuader rule will upend decades of labor law and disrupt attorney-client privilege rights, and today a federal judge agreed. This rule is nothing more than another attempt by this radical Department of Labor to tilt the scales of power in support of Big Labor bosses, and I am pleased the courts have blocked it.”

Byrne has introduced legislation, House Joint Resolution 87, to block the “persuader” rule through the Congressional Review Act.  Under the Congressional Review Act, Congress may pass a resolution of disapproval to prevent, with the full force of the law, a federal agency from implementing a rule or issuing a substantially similar rule without congressional authorization.

The Education and the Workforce Committee approved Rep. Byrne’s legislation on May 18th.  Click here to learn more about the “persuader” rule.