January 16, 2013 - Texas Workforce Commission

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1 to have to be filing complaints with the Civil Rights
2 Commission and not be able to rely on their local
3 policy, which says that they have a right to appeal
4 their terminations locally. So, therefore, we
5 appreciate you giving us the opportunity to speak on
6 this issue, because we believe it does have statewide
7 importance. And we are -- hopefully, asking and
8 hoping that the EEOC or the TWC will write an amicus
9 curiae brief to the Supreme Court on this issue
10 because it will have a dramatic impact we believe on
11 labor in the State of Texas and the way business is
12 conducted if the Court of Appeals' decision stands the
13 way it is.
14 With that, I thank you so much. It's so
15 nice to be in front of everybody this morning. I'm a
16 little bit nervous, because it's 32 degrees out there,
17 and my teeth are chattering.
18 (Laughter)
19 MR. SHERGOLD: But, anyway, thank you so
20 much, and we're not used to that -- to this cold
21 weather down in Brownsville. You know, I just picked
22 several grapefruits out of my backyard. I have a
23 grapefruit tree back there, and I was picking them
24 this morning. And I talked to my friend, Larry, over
25 here, Mr. Warner, I said, "Mr. Warner, I don't see any