Hagedorn Votes Against PRO Act

Press Release

Congressman Jim Hagedorn (MN-01) today voted against H.R. 842 -- the PRO Act, an anti-worker measure that is destructive to small businesses and the nation's economy. The bill passed by a vote of 225-206.

Rep. Hagedorn issued the following statement at the vote's conclusion:

"The PRO Act is just the latest instance of President Biden, Speaker Pelosi and Democrats falsely claiming to support working men and women.

"Democrats initiated their anti-worker agenda by pushing environmental extremism and halting the Keystone XL Pipeline -- eliminating more than 10,000 good paying American jobs. They followed that up with an effort to mandate a $15 per hour minimum wage, which the Congressional Budget Office estimated could have sent over two million more Americans to the unemployment line.

"This latest far-left sham could cost American employers and small businesses $47 billion annually. Further, it revokes employees' rights to secret ballot elections in union organizing campaigns and adopts California's failed "ABC' test that makes it virtually impossible for workers to become independent contractors.

"This Congress may not consider another measure more anti-free market than the PRO Act, but unfortunately, this is what we've come to expect from Democrats. We should be prioritizing American jobs, the rights of American workers, the interests of small businesses and facilitating the nation's economic recovery, not the checkbooks of union bosses."

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