I think that we should be compelled, as a Committee, to take a very close look at how we protect producers
I think you can get a truck anywhere in America in 48 hours.
Exactly. We need everybody involved. Then we need to have it transparent, put out there so people know.
We have a new administration that might be more adaptable to that, too.
I don't know. Do we need to put a floor under this, or do we just need to say they have to be paid the minimum wage? You know? Period. That ...
Maybe Atalissa was kind of a wake-up call to us that we have really got to look at not just that aspect, but a broader aspect of what is hap...
Now the stated intention behind the 14(c) program is "to prevent the curtailment--to prevent the curtailment of employment opportunities for...
However, in our efforts to ensure that individuals with disabilities find employment and economic self-sufficiency, we obviously must draw a...
do we need to more narrowly define who might be eligible for a 14(c) subminimum wage?
Now again, as Mr. McKeon said, the vast majority of 14(c) applications are from nonprofits.
I don't mean to suggest that they are nefarious employers, but merely because they are not for profit and really because they are running a ...
I think beyond that would be to actively engage these entities into looking into these instances to see if people are not being paid.
Yes, well, that also gets into this whole area of penalties that you were talking about.
But if it goes to the private bar, a private attorney wants the highest settlement possible. That is how they make their money.
We need individual assessments of personal abilities in terms of different job sectors and jobs that they could do.
Well, like I said, that is what we are going to do. We are going to change this law some way.
I think we also need to strengthen the penalty system so that people do know that if they get caught, they are going to get severely fined.
How do we stop something like this? How do we make it more reasonable?
