I am hopeful that between the 3 of us, we can potentially come up with a solid bill.
You have a very great responsibility.
It is time to just move past the politics and just get down to business because the people need it.
I will start with Ms. Gardner. Would you talk about the financial estimates, the estimates of tax revenue, what this will mean?
The Employee Misclassification Prevention Act (EMPA) would amend the FLSA to require employers to keep records.
It is not a union/nonunion issue. It is enforcing a level playing field.
We are from the Government. We are here to help you.
By misclassifying workers as independent contractors, companies avoid withholding income taxes and paying Social Security and Medicare taxes...
It is time that we had rules that were enforced that are fair to everybody.
I understand the concerns of Senator Enzi that he has expressed and Senator Isakson and I assume Senator Murkowski.
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But they are still doing private work.
The Federal Labor Standards Act was passed in 1938, and with some exceptions, there has been a consensus in this country around labor law.
The whole view of the Bush years on voluntary compliance is Wall Street will police itself.
I have a great concern about Iran, and I find that their nuclear ambitions are more destabilizing than actually us getting a handle on the U...
I would like to comment that we are talking about 225,000 people in the process that started in March and get it all done by October 1 of th...
I will say this, that after looking into what the alternative is, it is much better than I originally anticipated.
It is the same thing as when I got a hold of the Department of Defense and said you guys are going too fast, when I talked to Secretary Rums...
