Kevin Kiley said "The Department of Labor has just announced its so-called independent contractor rule which severely restricts or even eliminates gig work, freelancing, self-employment, and alternate work arrangements that 70 million Americans have chosen. With this unilateral action, the Biden administration has taken a sledgehammer to the American workforce putting millions of livelihoods at risk. This is not a matter of speculation. We have already seen the damage this policy has caused in California. Biden's rule is modeled on California's infamous AB 5 law which was signed by Gavin Newsom in 2019 and which Newsom's own deputy chief of staff called ``one of the most destructive pieces of legislation in the past 20 years.'' Countless livelihoods have been destroyed with the law's victims coming from over 600 professions. That is the stark reality, and that is what is now in store for workers across the entire country.…" @ PoliticalQuotes.com

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The Department of Labor has just announced its so-called independent contractor rule which severely restricts or even eliminates gig work, freelancing, self-employment, and alternate work arrangements that 70 million Americans have chosen. With this unilateral action, the Biden administration has taken a sledgehammer to the American workforce putting millions of livelihoods at risk. This is not a matter of speculation. We have already seen the damage this policy has caused in California. Biden's rule is modeled on California's infamous AB 5 law which was signed by Gavin Newsom in 2019 and which Newsom's own deputy chief of staff called ``one of the most destructive pieces of legislation in the past 20 years.'' Countless livelihoods have been destroyed with the law's victims coming from over 600 professions. That is the stark reality, and that is what is now in store for workers across the entire country.…

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Kevin Kiley

Republican · California

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