Rick Allen

4841 will decrease opportunities for these American workers at the very same time that flexible employment options are needed the most.

It's blatantly a one-sided approach, it allows unions a huge advantage which is in conflict with principles of equal treatment.

H.R. 4841 will only add to the challenges that job creators and American workers are already facing in this struggling economy.

H.R. 4841 also unfairly penalizes independent contractors and fails to recognize that they are entrepreneurs who set their own hours and earnings.

Based on my experience as a business owner, I know that banning the use of arbitration will unfairly penalize individual employees, and employers, by delaying resolutions to their workplace disputes.

The one thing our economy doesn't need right now is more burdensome regulations.

This is just another instance of the heavy hand of government reaching way too far.

Instead of trying to tie the hands of workers and employers, Democrats should be focused on getting our economy back on track.

H.R. 4841, or the so-called Restoring Justice for Workers Act will be devastating for both employers and employees.

By banning arbitration in workplace matters, this law unfairly targets job creators and American workers.

This is just another instance of a heavy-handed government reaching way too far.

We need to have a sense of urgency with this issue, and we need an all of government approach.

A lot of this was created by special interest and their influence over not only the Biden administration, but over many of our school systems across the country.

I believe the elephant in the room is just simply management, and just good care of this which has been given to us.

Over 70 percent of the nationwide acreage burned by wildfires in 2020 was on Federal land. I mean, shouldn't that tell us something?

I think it is very important that we talk about this issue, and really get to the truth of the matter.

I can go to, say, my timber growers and encourage them to engage in markets in which they would likely only receive a very small percentage of exactly the value of what they are creating.

I am skeptical of this whole business because a lot of folks make a lot of money.

If you could put out some type of a rule about what we can address and what we can't address so that we can hold both sides accountable, I think that would be in order.

This Congress I introduced a bill that would move administration of H-2A programs from the Department of Labor to the USDA.

Food security is a national security issue, and our primary responsibility must be always to ensure that our country's food supply remains secure.

The Federal Trade Commission needs to look into that issue.

It is amazing to me that a developed nation like the United States allows people who know nothing about our greatest resource, our timber lands, to control the management of those timber lands and allow these fires to take place.

We have been getting an earful from my timber industry and our home builders for quite some time.

Thank you, Chair Spanberger, for having this hearing today.