WORKER Act

Support legislation by Senator Harris to extend to farmworkers the same rights to overtime pay after a 40-hour week that other workers enjoy under the 1932 Fair Labor Standers Act Support, Preserve and Protect Equal Opportunity Programs including Affirmative Action Support paid sick leave (support HR 947 / S 337) Support equal pay for equal work (support HR 1869 / S 819) Support a prohibition on employers asking salary history (support HR 2418) Support enabling workers to unionize Support a prohibition on employers using credit checks (support HR 3783 / S 1819) Support Congresswoman Chus Protect Our Workers from Exploitation and Retaliation (POWER) Act, which would protect immigrant workers by providing them a route to legal status when they report employer abuses and labor law violations Support S. 337 / H.R. 947, the FAMILY Act, which provides for paid family and medical leave. Oppose the August 10 OFCCP guidance which suggests that the OFCCP may expand religious exemptions for federal contractors, potentially allowing them to discriminate in their employment practices against transgender individuals Support legislation banning forced arbitration (individual, class and collective) in the employment context. Support H. R. 6623, the Working on Rewarding and Keeping Employees Resilient Act, otherwise known as the WORKER Act. This legislation boost relevant education at an early age (via engineering and engineering technology and Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, or STEM grants); apprenticeships via private-public partnerships; training vouchers to ensure every American can attend a short-term training program; reemployment incentives so that unemployed Americans are among the first who are looked at when a job opens up; wage insurance for workers over 50 or over 45 in distressed areas. Support H.R. 7109, the Restoring Justice for Workers Act, which bars arbitration agreements as a condition of employment Oppose the proposal by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to pre-empt the meal and rest breaks that exist in the state of California and 20 other states, which are designed to make sure truck drivers get ample rest and wont be driving on our highways while they are too tired to safely operate their trucks

Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Bureau of the Census, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office

Oppose Ken Marcuss nomination to Assistant Secretary of Education for Civil Rights Oppose any cuts to the Pell program, support an increase in the maximum Pell Grant by at least the amount that would be provided with the expiring automatic inflation adjustment. Oppose Discriminatory High Stakes Educational Testing Oppose publically funded private school vouchers Support maintaining the federal role in ensuring a decent public education / civil rights protections for all students Support allowing students convicted of minor drug offenses to receive federal financial aid Support an increase in aid and other resources for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (support HR 1080) Support expanding Pell Grant funding and availability (support HR 2451 / S 1135) Support helping college graduates burdened by private student loan debt (support HR 2527 / S1262) Support, Preserve and Protect Equal Opportunity Programs including Affirmative Action Support a moratorium on the expansion of the charter schools until such time as: (1) Charter schools are subject to the same transparency and accountability standards as public schools; (2) Public funds are not diverted to charter schools at the expense of the public school system; (3) Charter schools cease expelling students that public schools have a duty to educate; and (4) Charter schools cease to perpetuate de facto segregation of the highest performing children from those whose aspirations may be high but whose talents are not yet as obvious. Oppose the D.C. Voucher Program and support zeroing out funding for the program in 2019 Support the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issuing regulations to close the loophole that would allow donors to receive state tax credit voucher programs (tuition tax credits) from taking both federal and state tax benefits Oppose the proposed borrowers Defense rule update as proposed by the Trump Administration; support the existing rule Oppose the repeal of the Gainful Employment rule. Under this rule, a career education program loses access to federal funds if the program repeatedly leaves its graduates with unaffordable debts, relative to their earnings.Oppose any new regulations or changes in existing regulation which may weaken accountability and consumer protection Oppose using Student Support and Academic Enrichment grants from the Every Student Succeeds Act to provide firearms for teachers or other school administrators Support S. 3435, Beyond the Box for Higher Education Act. The bill would provide guidance, training, and technical assistance for colleges and universities to remove criminal history questions from their admissions processes. Support H. R. 6623, the Working on Rewarding and Keeping Employees Resilient Act, otherwise known as the WORKER Act. This legislation boost relevant education at an early age (via engineering and engineering technology and Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, or STEM grants); apprenticeships via private-public partnerships; training vouchers to ensure every American can attend a short-term training program; reemployment incentives so that unemployed Americans are among the first who are looked at when a job opens up; wage insurance for workers over 50 or over 45 in distressed areas. Support HR 1635 / S. 2081, the Empowering Students Through Enhanced Financial Counseling Act wich requires Institutes of Higher Education to provide required annual counseling. Also, it expands the required recipients of such annual counseling to include, in addition to student borrowers, Federal Pell Grant recipients and parent PLUS Loan borrowers.

Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Bureau of the Census, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office

Support legislation by Senator Harris to extend to farmworkers the same rights to overtime pay after a 40-hour week that other workers enjoy under the 1932 Fair Labor Standers Act Support, Preserve and Protect Equal Opportunity Programs including Affirmative Action Support paid sick leave (support HR 947 / S 337) Support equal pay for equal work (support HR 1869 / S 819) Support a prohibition on employers asking salary history (support HR 2418) Support enabling workers to unionize Support a prohibition on employers using credit checks (support HR 3783 / S 1819) Support Congresswoman Chus Protect Our Workers from Exploitation and Retaliation (POWER) Act, which would protect immigrant workers by providing them a route to legal status when they report employer abuses and labor law violations Support S. 337 / H.R. 947, the FAMILY Act, which provides for paid family and medical leave. Oppose the August 10 OFCCP guidance which suggests that the OFCCP may expand religious exemptions for federal contractors, potentially allowing them to discriminate in their employment practices against transgender individuals Support legislation banning forced arbitration (individual, class and collective) in the employment context. Support H. R. 6623, the Working on Rewarding and Keeping Employees Resilient Act, otherwise known as the WORKER Act. This legislation boost relevant education at an early age (via engineering and engineering technology and Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, or STEM grants); apprenticeships via private-public partnerships; training vouchers to ensure every American can attend a short-term training program; reemployment incentives so that unemployed Americans are among the first who are looked at when a job opens up; wage insurance for workers over 50 or over 45 in distressed areas.

Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Bureau of the Census, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office