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August Pfluger on Jobs
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We don't need bailouts; we need to get back to work
I rise today in complete opposition to the Budget Reconciliation Act, adding almost $2 trillion to the debt and eliminating 1.3 million jobs. This package allows President Biden to shove $1.9 trillion of stimulus spending through Congress without any
Republican consent. It is a blue state bailout to states that have shut down their businesses, closed their places of worship, and prevented families from earning an honest living. We don't need bailouts. We need to get back to work.
Source: Website pfluger.house.gov on 2020 Congress TX-11 election
, Feb 3, 2021
Biden's climate plan will kill jobs
President Biden is following through on campaign promises and targeting climate change by signing a series of executive orders, which include a pause on new oil and gas leases on federal lands and waters.Texas Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX) claims the
first week of the Biden Administration has been detrimental to hard-working Texans. "This is going to hit people, our lowest wage earners the hardest, the folks that are out there every single day," said Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX). He said President
Biden's order could kill thousands of jobs.
As for Texas, industry experts say offshore oil production in the Gulf of Mexico would be hit the hardest by the new policy.
According to Texas General Land Office, more than 30 percent of Texas' Permian Basin sits on federal land. With a much higher percentage of public land in neighboring New Mexico, Biden's executive order would stop future gas and oil leases there too.
Source: KLTV on 2020 Congress TX-11 election
, Feb 3, 2021
Keep Right-to-Work laws.
Pfluger voted NAY PRO Act
H.R.842 & S.420: Protecting the Right to Organize Act: This bill expands various labor protections related to employees' rights to organize and collectively bargain in the workplace:
- revises the definitions of employee, supervisor, and employer to broaden the scope of individuals covered by the fair labor standards;
- permits labor organizations to encourage participation of union members in strikes initiated by employees represented by a different labor organization (i.e., secondary strikes); and
- prohibits employers from bringing claims against unions that conduct such secondary strikes.
The bill also allows collective bargaining agreements to require all employees represented by the bargaining unit to contribute fees to the labor organization for the cost of such representation.Biden Administration in SUPPORT: The Administration strongly supports The PRO Act. America was not built by Wall Street. It was built by the middle class,
and unions built the middle class. Unions put power in the hands of workers. H.R. 842 would strengthen and protect workers' right to form a union by assessing penalties on employers who violate workers' right to organize.
Rep. Mo Brooks in OPPOSITION: H.R. 842 [is] a radical union bill that tramples the rights of citizens by forcing them to enter into union servitude, including:
- Overturns right-to-work laws in 27 states, thereby forcing citizens, against their will, to pay millions of dollars in dues to labor unions.
- Denies citizens' rights to vote by secret ballot on whether to join a union by imposing a biased "card-check" scheme.
- Deprives individuals of entrepreneurial opportunities. The PRO Act would eliminate the franchise industry and sharing economy as we know them.
Legislative Outcome:Passed House 222-204-4 (Rollcall 82) on 03/09/2021; received and read in the Senate on 3/23; no further Senate action during 2021.
Source: Congressional vote 21-HR842 on Feb 4, 2021
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