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Jose Garcia

(2,552 posts)
Mon Feb 13, 2017, 01:40 PM Feb 2017

Warren hammers Labor nominee with 83 questions ahead of hearing

Source: The Hill

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is grilling President Trump’s Labor secretary nominee, Andy Puzder, ahead of his confirmation hearing Thursday.

Warren sent a 28-page letter to the fast food CEO Monday with 83 questions that included queries about his opposition to minimum wage laws, his company’s history of labor and discrimination lawsuits, and his potential conflicts of interest.

"My staff's review of your 16-year tenure as CEO of CKE Restaurants, Inc., the parent company of Hardee's and Carl's Jr., reveals that you've made your fortune by squeezing the very workers you'd be charged with protecting as Labor Secretary out of wages and benefits," Warren wrote.

"Your company's record of prolific labor law abuses and discrimination suits — the most of any major burger chain — gives me great pause given that as Labor Secretary you'd be charged with enforcing these very laws.”

Read more: http://thehill.com/regulation/labor/319220-sen-warren-hammers-puzder-with-83-questions-ahead-of-hearing

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Warren hammers Labor nominee with 83 questions ahead of hearing (Original Post) Jose Garcia Feb 2017 OP
He will just ignore it. Why shouldn't he? bitterross Feb 2017 #1
Isn't plutocracy great? tenorly Feb 2017 #2
God, I love her. milestogo Feb 2017 #3
Yes! She is persistent! burrowowl Feb 2017 #4
 

bitterross

(4,066 posts)
1. He will just ignore it. Why shouldn't he?
Mon Feb 13, 2017, 01:47 PM
Feb 2017

No one is going to hold him accountable to answer the questions. All he can lose are the Democratic votes. So why should he bother? I wouldn't if I knew I was going to skate in anyway.

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