Issa issues a subpoena on NLRB overreach in Boeing case

Boeing headquarters, Chicago

While today's news is being dominated by the downgrade in our credit rating by Standard & Poors, the House GOP is fighting back against the anti-prosperity moves by the Obama administration.

From The Hill:

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) has issued a subpoena to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for documents regarding its controversial complaint against Boeing.

Issa, the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, authorized the subpoena because the panel has had longstanding document requests from the labor board since May.

"NLRB's action in the case against Boeing has the potential to create a job-killing precedent just as U.S. manufacturers are working toward economic recovery. That a Washington, D.C.-based bureaucracy could dictate the work location and parameters for a world-leading company is unprecedented in a global economy and hobbles a leading American job creator at a time of economic vulnerability," Issa said in a statement. "As this matter could take years to resolve and create even more crippling uncertainty for job creators, it is imperative that Congress get complete facts about NLRB's rationale and its decisionmaking process in this matter without further delay."

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