Senate Hears Overview of Franchising

On Wednesday of this week, the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship sponsored a public hearing on the state of the franchising industry. The hearing, entitled: Small Business Franchising: An Overview of the Industry, SBA’s Role and Legislative Proposals, featured a number of witnesses, primary among whom was Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), the…

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HELP Committee Hears PRO Act Next Week

After the hearing on the above-mentioned nominations, the Senate HELP Committee next week will be focusing on the Protecting the Right to Organize Act (PRO Act) with a public hearing scheduled for Thursday, July 22. This legislation contains many of the pro-union, anti-business provisions that we’ve been fighting through the CFA over the past decade.…

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