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