KENTUCKY HOUSE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS

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House Republican Leadership
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Statement from House Republican Floor Leader on Failure to Pass Right to Work Vote
FRANKFORT, Ky. (March 13, 2014) – House Republican Floor Leader Jeff Hoover today joined a group of leaders from across the Commonwealth in presenting testimony before the House Labor and Industry Committee in an effort to secure passage of House Bill 496, Kentucky’s Right to Work Act."I’m not surprised that the Democratic controlled House Labor and Industry Committee voted down the right to work bill, placing us once again at a disadvantage to other states when it comes to recruiting new business and industry,” said Leader Hoover.
"As I’ve stated previously, our right to work bill simply gave workers a choice to join or not join a union. As we face the prospects of voting on a budget bill that adds an additional $2 billion dollars in new borrowing, and the House Democrats pushed through the revenue bill yesterday that raises Kentucky’s gas tax, then why in the world would a bill that would help the Commonwealth be on a level economic playing field with Indiana, Tennessee, and 22 other states get voted down?
According to Kiplinger, in 2013 eight of the ten states with the highest job growth have Right to Work statutes in place. Kentucky has the quality workforce and the time has come to give that workforce the opportunity to be more competitive in the global economy.
Simply put, those who oppose it are placing their own partisan political needs above good public policy that will benefit Kentucky much like it has benefited other states where right to work has been enacted. Because of that, we will remain less competitive until such time Frankfort and the House of Representatives changes direction.”
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Michael Goins
Director of Communications
Leadership Office
Kentucky House Republican Caucus
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