Committee Democrats Tell Trump: Don’t Break Your Promises to Working Families

Under the Obama Administration, the Department of Labor put rules in place to make the economy fairer for everyone. As a result of these efforts, Americans will be safer and more secure on the job and in retirement. President-elect Trump stated during his campaign, “Under a Trump presidency, the American worker will finally have a president who will protect them and fight for them.” Committee on Education and the Workforce Democrats urge him to keep this promise to American workers by making a commitment to preserving critical workplace protections.

President-elect Trump and House Republicans Have Repeatedly Threatened to Gut Critical Workplace Protections

President-elect Trump said that on the first day of his presidency, he would “cancel every unconstitutional executive action, memorandum and order issued by President Obama.” He has also said, “for every one new regulation, two old regulations must be eliminated. So important."

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy pledged in his first speech before the 115th Congress to “remove harmful regulations and change the structure of Washington, draining the bureaucratic swamp.” House Republicans advanced legislation in January designed to either make it easier to gut regulations or harder to put them in place. The House Freedom Caucus pledged to roll back 16 workplace protections.

Supporting these rules and actions means supporting workers. Before President-elect Trump takes office this week, Democrats urge his administration and the Republicans in Congress to take a close look at the devastating impact that dismantling worker protections would have on American families.

 

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