Pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Lincoln financial is committed to helping you take charge ofou your future. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation. Org. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation forp public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Sreenivasan the u. S. And russia neared an agreement today that aims to reduce hostilities in syria. Word of the progress came after an hourslong meeting in geneva between secretary of state john kerry and his russian counterpart sergei lavrov. Kerry said the deal, if completed, will make the possibility of a lasting truce more likely. But he conced
Pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Lincoln financial is committed to helping you take charge ofou your future. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation. Org. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation forp public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Sreenivasan the u. S. And russia neared an agreement today that aims to reduce hostilities in syria. Word of the progress came after an hourslong meeting in geneva between secretary of state john kerry and his russian counterpart sergei lavrov. Kerry said the deal, if completed, will make the possibility of a lasting truce more likely. But he conced
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Law the way it was before the lrb decision. Senator murray and i will each have an Opening Statement and we will introduce the panel of witnesses and thank you each of you for coming and after which each senator will have five minutes of questions. Last week i met a man named aslum kind, hes an immigrant from pakistan who started out as a dishwasher at churchs chicken and who today has become a very successful owner of churchs chicken franchises. He talked about achieving the American Dream. He said it was possible because of our nations, quote, Free Enterprise entrepreneurial spirit unquote. On august 27 the nlrb released a decision that threatens to steal that American Dream from owners of the nations 785,000 franchise businesses and millions of contractors. It threatens to destroy that Free Enterprise entrepreneurial spirit. The labor boards new joint employer standard will make big businesses bigger and make the middleclass smaller by discouraging Larger Companies from franchising
Secretary vilsack and i agree we thought that was an important thing to do. Thats the part of the process in terms of public input. I think the question here is that, one, did they follow the guidelines and what steps were taken to make sure the committee followed the law and from an ethical standpoint is once youve served as your capacity of that Advisory Committee and major recommendations, what is your responsibility in moving forward . And one of the things we dont want is that these advisory turn this into some kind of a profitable situation on their behalf because of their participation on that Advisory Committee. Be regard to these these are voluntary nonpaid. They have to file Financial Disclosures on an annual basis as they go through this process so those are things we want to protect against. With regard to the specific question of a press briefing or some kind of briefing, i apologize, not familiar with that. As i said, we have focused on the Public Comments and the steps a