I am disturbed that these major retailers have in fact moved to block innovations.

Why have they not done anything about it?

In fact, that concept of narrow protection is that there should be preemption only if state laws are inconsistent with Federal law and then only to the extent of the inconsistency.

first do no harm. That is do no harm to the state protections and state enforcers who every day are seeking to protect their citizens from the scourge and spreading problem of data theft.

The extensive breach reporting requirements currently in place for banks provide an effective basis for any national data breach reporting requirement for businesses generally.

I hope that we can have a discussion about how to best expand economic security for more Americans.

Too many big corporations are rigging the system and leaving taxpayers holding the bag.

I think it is important to think about what Mr. Secunda just said.

We are concerned, however, that recent and pending decisions from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) could jeopardize growth within the lodging sector.

I do find it really troubling that, once again, my Republican colleagues are putting big corporations and their profits ahead of our hard-working families.

Many of these employees who work for fast-food companies and temp agencies are operating under a service agreement between the franchisor and the franchisee.

As Mr. Babson said, collective bargaining works, and I think that's the question before the NLRB today.

The NLRB is actually simply carrying out its duties under the law.

I used to be on the board of a large restaurant company, Ruby Tuesdays.

If the result of decisions that expand the joint employer standard is to make the franchisees mere managers of their store, that's going to be depriving people like Mr. Moore and Mr. Sims of a great American opportunity.

We've heard a lot of predictions that if, in fact, the NLRB through this process does decide to alter its joint employer standard, it will result in the end of franchising models as we know it.

I've heard some of our colleagues who oppose raising the minimum wage. They argue that low-wage workers should take responsibility for their own earning power.

I truly hope that in the future we can work together on policies that create jobs and help our workers.