Political Quotes

Johnny Isakson: “What this bill does, it opens up an opportunity for employers who have independent contractors as their employees, to…”

On the recordJune 19, 2003
What this bill does, it opens up an opportunity for employers who have independent contractors as their employees, to take the benefits of pooling and provide for those independent contractors the benefit that ERISA guarantees the opportunity to provide in terms of the employees that company has. This is an important step forward for 41 million Americans.
Said by
Johnny Isakson
Republican · Georgia

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the benefits of a bill for independent contractors during a floor speech.

Share

More from Johnny Isakson

Apr 1, 2019

Reserving the right to object and I will yield to the Senator from Alabama. I want everybody to listen closely. Senator, please listen to me closely. You are a great friend. I love you to death. But do you know what you just did? When you…

govinfo.gov
Sep 10, 2019

We have a second to certify our growth in the VA by nominating James Byrne and approving his appointment. We have all worked hard to see that the VA is responsive. We get good news in the papers, not bad news. We are helping our veterans…

govinfo.gov
Jan 15, 2019

I will follow up on the Senator's points. We need to do what we did last year when Republicans and Democrats stayed up here for 2 weeks while the government was shut down. We worked out an immigration agreement, and we got the DACA…

govinfo.gov

Other voices in this conversation