Continue to be instructed by him in his occasional oped pieces in the wall street journal and elsewhere which i think have been some of the most pri intelligent things that have been written over the last few years about the fight againstav terrorism. Ith also had the privilege of v traveling to europe last wintere with congressman pompeo and i know how well informed and thoughtful he is on the issues. So im delighted to have them here today andle, be able to moderate this conversation. Kte let me start if i could by going back a few weeks to the debate at simi valley among the republican president ial contenders. And during that debate, there was i thought an interesting governor bush n and donald trump. In which governor bush made the point that his brother, t, president bush 43 kept the nation safe after 9 11 for the remaining 7 1 2 years of his te terms and donald trump rejoined i didnt feel so safe today. I want to unpack those thing as little bit. Judge mukasey, could you talk et
Different thing. And to say were killing the American Dream with this, the American Dream worked pretty good before 1984. Were not trying to kill the American Dream. Were trying to stir the American Dream. Thank you, senator franken. Senator roberts. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Thank you for holding this hearing. Thank you all for being here today. I want to point out 96 of the businesses in kansas are Small Businesses naps the answer in terms of Economic Development for our state. With those folks being our job creators we need to act with partners with our businesses and not against them. I think this new standard delivered by the National Labor Relations Board seems to stand in the way of opportunity and growth. Millions of franchisors, n subcontractors with temporary Staffing Firms will be harmed, in addition to those wishing to be employed by one of those industries. And ive heard from folks all around kb asking me what this means for their business. That means uncertainty. That mean
And appreciate the time they spent with us this morning. Thank you. [ applause ] up next on cspan 3, a hearing on a recent National Labor Relations Board decision on the franchise industry and collective bargaining. Then congresswoman Loretta Sanchez discussing some of the military challenges facing america. After that, a conversation on Vladimir Putin and russian security. Next monday on cspans new series landmark cases, in 1830 dred scott was enslaved to u. S. Army surgeon dr. John emerson. Emerson was assigned to duties in several free states, during which dred scott married frida. Exploring 12 Historic Supreme Court rulings by revealing the life and times of the people. Landmark cases next monday on cspan, cspan 3, and cspan radio. Order your copy of landmark cases companion book. It is available for 8. 95 plus shipping. Next, a senate panel looks at a recent National Labor Relations Board ruling on the franchise industry, which says that companies can be held responsible for labor
Law the way it was before the lrb decision. Senator murray and i will each have an Opening Statement and we will introduce the panel of witnesses and thank you each of you for coming and after which each senator will have five minutes of questions. Last week i met a man named aslum kind, hes an immigrant from pakistan who started out as a dishwasher at churchs chicken and who today has become a very successful owner of churchs chicken franchises. He talked about achieving the American Dream. He said it was possible because of our nations, quote, Free Enterprise entrepreneurial spirit unquote. On august 27 the nlrb released a decision that threatens to steal that American Dream from owners of the nations 785,000 franchise businesses and millions of contractors. It threatens to destroy that Free Enterprise entrepreneurial spirit. The labor boards new joint employer standard will make big businesses bigger and make the middleclass smaller by discouraging Larger Companies from franchising