Washington – Today, Congressman Rick W. Allen (GA-12) released the following statement after the United States Supreme Court issued a majority opinion in favor of the defendant in the case of Biden v. Texas:
“This administration’s open-border policies have left us with an undeniable crisis at our southern border. By reversing the effective policies established by the Trump… Read more »
Eric Parker doesn’t sit much these days.
But today, he’s relaxing in one of theClubhou.se’s expansive glass-walled rooms on the third floor of the Georgia Cyber Center, overlooking the Savannah River on one side and downtown Augusta on the other. If you’d asked theClubhou.se founder 10 years ago where he would be today, it likely wouldn’t be here.
In 2010, Parker had moved… Read more »
Washington -Today, Congressman Rick W. Allen (GA-12) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, criticizing the Department's intent to propose a rule which would reclassify independent contractors as employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
In the letter, Congressman Allen argued this change would… Read more »
By Paige Smith | June 27, 2022 1:14PM ET
Burr, Braun, Foxx, Allen signed letter opposing guidance
Labor board stance a ‘flagrant disregard’ of precedent
A National Labor Relations Board memo that declared war on “captive audience” meetings, a common anti-union tactic used by employers, came under fire from congressional Republicans.
Sens. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) and… Read more »
Washington - Today, Congressman Rick W. Allen (GA-12) released the following statement after the United States Supreme Court issued a majority opinion in favor of the plaintiff in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization:
"I applaud the Supreme Court's decision. In the decades… Read more »
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) today joined Senator Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Representative Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.), and more than 80 members of Congress on a bicameral joint statement, calling on the Biden administration to reverse course on its plan to erode the full and faithful implementation of the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 by moving the Palestinian… Read more »
Republican members of Congress and the Senate have banded together to scorch a Biden Administration plan to upgrade the Palestinian Affairs Unit in the US Embassy in Jerusalem, just a few weeks prior to President Joe Biden’s planned trip to Israel, the Palestinian Authority and Saudi Arabia.
The statement, released Thursday and endorsed by more than 80 lawmakers, was led by Senator Bill… Read more »
Washington - Today, Congressman Rick W. Allen (GA-12) released the following statement after voting against S. 2983, the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act:
"I have long supported proactive measures to fund school security and mental health services, but combining these common-sense measures with policies that would… Read more »
The Supreme Court, in an opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito, ruled Friday that Roe v. Wade is overturned.
"Roe was egregiously wrong from the start," Alito wrote for the majority. "Its reasoning was exceptionally weak, and the decision has had damaging consequences."
Now attention turns to the states to see how they will regulate abortion. Georgia already drew national… Read more »
BOTTOM LINE: Although “environmental factors” are usually mentioned in the news when talking about environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives, activism in the boardroom could force companies to take tough stances when it comes to social or labor issues. During proxy voting, activist shareholders put up shareholder resolutions to require companies to issue… Read more »
