I want all Americans to know that we on the Agriculture Committee condemn all bigotry, including race-motivated threats and acts of violence.
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According to them, without Federal assistance, there would have been 1.3 million Americans who would have seen their retirement benefits cut by as much as 98 percent within the next few years.
If this was just about union members, as some have suggested, who let me be clear, also deserve our support, and should not be wrongly vilified the way that they have been before this Committee time and time again, then why did the United…
Working families that have done everything right, and they have contributed to their pensions for years, they deserve the peace of mind that what they have worked so hard for is safe.
I am glad to be here today to discuss one of congressional Democrats' and President Biden's greatest achievements, saving the pensions, and the hardworking earned retirements of over a million working families in this country.
How can you do that? How is this a Federal authority? Where is it in the Constitution that you are going to spend another $8 billion?
I get that, I get that, but what I see is that what you are doing is you are putting a Federal foot on the ability of people to be an independent contractor.
Acting Secretary Su, independent contractor work is a cornerstone of the American economy. Would you agree?
Whether it is a full-time profession, a second job, or part-time work, roughly 45 percent of the American workforce are pursuing employment as independent contractors to keep food on their tables and provide for their families.
These businesses should have the autonomy to determine their own hiring practices, wages, and benefits in compliance with current Federal law.
In the last 3 years, Americans have experienced sky high inflation. Our national debt has continued to climb as a result of the Biden administration's failed policies.
I am very thankful that the NAIA... has decided to only allow biological female student athletes to participate in female sports.
Do you think a woman's safety is in jeopardy by allowing biological males who claim to be women to compete in women's sports?
Female athletes are having their safety and rights violated by biological males competing in women's sports.
If you can't define what a woman is, how in the world can you determine that they get their fair share of funding?
In recent years, we have seen a drastic increase in radical gender ideology being promoted and pushed by government bureaucrats and educators.
We can do better, and we must do better, both to foster free speech at our college campuses while also pushing back against terrorist rhetoric that has no place in our schools.
This cancel culture is, ironically, increasing at a time when universities are failing to adequately condemn the rise of antisemitism.