The Hill News

With tens of millions of Americans still out of work and searching for jobs this new year, our nation’s elected leaders need to get serious about putting Americans back to work.

Unfortunately, there’s nothing serious about the supposed “job creator” bills that the House of Representatives passed along party lines late last year, unless your goal is to do serious damage to the government’s ability to protect Americans through sensible rules and protections. 

The House bills’ supporters claim that government regulations are holding back the economy, and that by cutting these back, we will see increased hiring. This is nothing but a bait and switch. Accepting cuts in safety and fairness won’t get us more jobs, it will just make the jobs we already have worse.

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