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House Bills H.R. 712, the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act - support. H.R. 1671, Government Neutrality in Contracting Act - support. S.J. Res. 22, a Congressional Review Act resolution of disapproval in response to the problematic Waters of the United States rule - support. H.R. 4612, the Midnight Rule Relief Act - support. H.R. 3624, the Fraudulent Joinder Prevention Act - support. H.R. 4293, the Affordable Retirement Advice Protection Act - support. H.R. 4294, the Strengthening Access to Valuable Education and Retirement Support Act - support. H.R. 3433, the Protecting Orderly and Responsible Transit of Shipments (PORTS) Act - support. Amendment included in Section 913 of S 1269 - oppose. H.R. 3765, The ADA Education and Reform Act of 2015 - support. H.R. 4773, the Protecting Workplace Advancement and Opportunity Act - support. H.R. 5447 (H.R. 2911), the Small Business Healthcare Relief Act - support. H. J. Res. 87, a Congressional Review Act resolution of disapproval in response to the controversial persuader rule issued by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) - support. Section 110 to the FY2017 Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act - support. Perry Amendment to H.R. 4974, ensuring fair and open competition for federal construction contracts funded by the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs (MilCon/VA) Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2017 - support. FY2017 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. H.R. 5210, PADME ACT - Patient Access to Durable Medical Equipment Act - support. Senate Bills S. 2582, the Midnight Rule Relief Act - support. S. 1519, the Protecting Orderly and Responsible Transit of Shipments (PORTS) Act - support. S. 2225, the Save our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act - support. Amendment included in Section 913 of S 1269 - oppose. S. 2707, the Protecting Workplace Advancement and Opportunity Act - support. Prove It Act of 2016 - support. Hoeven Amendent to amendment to the FY2017 Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act - support. S. 2736, the Patient Access to Durable Medical Equipment Act of 2016 - support. S. 71, Government Neutrality in Contracting Act - support. S. 2844, the fiscal year (FY) 2017 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (T-HUD) appropriations bill. S. 3060 / S. 1697, the Small Business Healthcare Relief Act - support. S. 2736, PADME ACT - Patient Access to Durable Medical Equipment Act - support. Hearings Karen Harned, House Small Business Committee on Regulation: The Hidden Small Business Tax. April 14, 2016. Elizabeth Milito, U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Hearing on: Drowning in Regulations: The Waters of the U.S. Rule and the Case for Reforming the RFA April 27, 2016. Kevin Kuhlman, Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee on the Small Business Struggle under Obamacare. May 18 2016. Albert Macre, House Committee on Small Business on Damaging Repercussions: DOLs Overtime Rule, Small Employers, and their Employees June 23, 2016. Joe Grossbauer, Joint Economic Committee on Is Our Complex Code Too Taxing on the Economy? April 20, 2016. Tom Kunkel, Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee on the Small Business Struggle Under Obamacare, May 18, 2016. Comments April 8, 2016, RIN 1235-AA13 - Establishing Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors, Wage and Hour Division, DOL. Other Issues Joint employer standard PN1258 - Merrick Garland nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court

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Bills named: S. 1697 (114th), S. 71 (114th), S. 2736 (114th), H.R. 4293 (114th), H.R. 5447 (114th), H.R. 3765 (114th), H.R. 4612 (114th), H.J.Res. 87 (114th), H.R. 712 (114th), S. 1519 (114th), S. 2707 (114th), H.R. 5210 (114th), S. 2225 (114th), S.J.Res. 22 (114th), H.R. 4294 (114th), H.R. 3624 (114th), S. 2582 (114th), H.R. 4974 (114th), S. 2844 (114th), S. 3060 (114th), H.R. 3433 (114th), H.R. 2911 (114th), H.R. 4773 (114th), H.R. 1671 (114th)