[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 107 (Tuesday, June 25, 2019)]
[House]
[Pages H5089-H5090]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             PRO ACT HURTS JOB CREATORS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES

  (Mr. RIGGLEMAN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RIGGLEMAN. Madam Speaker, I rise today as a small business owner

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concerned about the PRO Act, a bill that will harm both job creators 
and their employees.
  The PRO Act would amend the National Labor Relations Act and repeal 
right-to-work laws. Right-to-work laws protect employees from being 
fired for not paying monetary support to a union they don't want to 
join.
  The PRO Act also takes away employers' rights in National Labor 
Relations Board cases by taking away their standing and giving 
employers no recourse to the NLRB.
  My district is home to over 2,100 small franchise business owners 
that could be negatively impacted by this bill. It will hurt businesses 
like Arrington Enterprises, Inc., which operates Dairy Queens, 
Bojangles' Famous Chicken `n Biscuits, and Exxon stores in Franklin 
County.
  Aside from delivering a quality product, Arrington Enterprises, Inc., 
has collected close to $18,000 for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals 
and donated $4,800 to local schools so far this year.
  In closing, this bill would hurt local businesses and local workers.

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