House Oversight Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., says that the National Labor Relations Board has failed to comply with the subpoena sent by the House Committee regarding the NLRB’s attempt to close a non-union factory in South Carolina.
Lafe E. Solomon, acting general counsel for the NLRB, wrote Issa that he was “disappointed to receive the Committee’s subpoena,” but promised that
Solomon seems to fear that Issa or other Members of Congress will leak the documents to Boeing. In an earlier letter to Issa, Solomon noted that a judge denied Boeing’s request for “substantially the same information that you are also seeking.” That previous letter continued with the complaint that “no assurances have been given that all Members [of Congress] with access to these documents will keep them confidential.” Solomon also hints in today’s letter to Issa that the subpoena constitutes “undue political pressure” on the NLRB.
Issa issued a statement on the NLRB non-compliance today:
“The National Labor Relations Board and Acting General Counsel Lafe Solomon have thus far failed to comply with a lawful subpoena. This refusal by NLRB to abide by the law further heightens concerns that this is a rogue agency acting improperly. The integrity of NLRB and its leadership is clearly in question.
“It is imperative that Congress get complete facts about NLRB’s decision-making process in this matter. Its continued refusal to fully cooperate will not deter this Committee as it moves forward in efforts to determine what occurred and to hold NLRB officials to account.”
You can see NLRBs response to the subpoena here:
