Wages and benefits fell 3.9 percent under the Biden-Harris administration—and burdensome regulations ended up costing families an average of  over $16,000 a year. Since President Trump took office and Republicans regained majorities in the House and Senate last November, we’ve passed legislation focused on bigger paychecks, spurring growth, and pro-worker policies.

It’s about protecting the American Dream for anyone who works in a small business. Today, we took another step in the right direction by passing the Save Local Business Act in the House. 

This bill provides much-needed clarity for our federal labor laws—the National Labor Relations Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)—by establishing a common-sense standard for when two or more employers can qualify as “joint employers.” Under this piece of legislation, businesses are only considered joint employers if they have “actual, direct, and immediate control” over its workers. This ends years of broadened interpretations and regulatory overreach. 

While it sounds like an insignificant technical change, this is critical for job creation. The senseless red-tape behind the joint-employer scheme has long-threatened local economies; it has discouraged hiring and put employers at unreasonable risk for liability.

I’ll keep fighting to pass legislation that empowers our communities’ small businesses to keep our economy running in the right direction.