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Over the past few years, we have only begun to comprehend the horrors of human trafficking and how it has established a foothold in the United States. Thanks to the vigilance of faith-based groups, humanitarians across the globe and the courage of survivors, we are learning more about the tactics and loopholes human traffickers exploit to prey on the most vulnerable among us.
On Wednesday the House passed H.R. 2664, the Enhancing Detection of Human Trafficking Act, which ensures Department of Labor employees have the tools and resources they need to detect cases of labor or sexual exploitation while investigating workforce law violations. Human trafficking is an issue that demands our ongoing attention, and more solutions are needed. This legislation builds on the bipartisan work we’ve already accomplished.
Joint Employer Scheme Threatens Job Creation and Entrepreneurship
This week the House Committee on Education and the Workforce examined the growing threat to job creation, entrepreneurship and small businesses posed by the expanded definition of joint employer under federal labor laws.
Opportunities through franchising, as well as contracting, have empowered countless Americans to climb the economic ladder and obtain a better quality of life for their families. Sadly, unelected bureaucrats who have never owned a business or made a payroll launched an unprecedented attack on these successful business models that so many rely on. It began when the National Labor Relations Board issued an extreme joint employer decision, which distorted the definition of what it means to be an employer. Then, the Obama administration took this radical new policy a step further, spreading it to other areas of federal labor law.
It’s time to put an end to this extreme and partisan policy that does nothing to help American workers and makes it harder for entrepreneurs to pursue their dreams. It is my hope that hearing firsthand accounts of the job-crushing impact of the expanded joint employer standard will build new momentum here in Congress to find the solution Americans need.
Providing for the Common Defense of the United States
Providing for the common defense of the United States of America is the federal government’s primary responsibility. This week the House passed H.R. 2810, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018, which maintains the nation’s defense readiness and ensures the continued success of our military personnel by providing them with the best equipment, skills development and compensation.
Carolinians in the Capitol
This week I met with a variety of individuals and organizations from North Carolina, including Dr. Gary Green of Forsyth Technical Community College, students Logan Short and Jonathan Piland, Sharon Jeffries-Jones of BB&T, Harold Stone from Mount Airy’s Renfro Corporation and a group from Forsyth County attending the National Association of Drug Court Professionals annual conference.
What’s Coming Up?
Next week the House will take up legislation to improve our nation’s energy infrastructure. We will consider the Promoting Cross-Border Energy Infrastructure Act to modernize the import and export of oil, natural gas and electricity transmission. We also will debate the Interagency Coordination for Review of Natural Gas Pipelines Act, a bill to increase cooperation between federal and state agencies when approving natural gas infrastructure. Our economy is in dire need of a new infrastructure framework to take advantage of robust supplies of domestic energy, and I look forward to supporting these measures to help accomplish this undertaking.
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