Congressman Buddy Carter, U.S. House of Representatives

Two thirds of all new jobs since the 1970s were created by small businesses and more than half of working Americans are employed by them today. I fight for small businesses every day because, as a small business owner myself, I have seen firsthand the opportunity they can create and the devastating impact of government overreach.

On Thursday, the Obama Administration opened a new front in its assault on small businesses and working families this week. In a partisan decision, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is seeking to upend decades of labor policy by redefining what it means to be an employer.

Up until now, an employer was defined as it should be: the person or entity that had “direct and immediate control” over employment. Now the board, which has become little more than a tool for big union bosses, is changing the rules by taking control away from local business owners and giving it to multinational corporations.

This week I hosted a hearing of the Education and the Workforce Committee in Savannah to discuss the far reaching implications of such a change. We heard from local small business owners like Alex Salguiero who operates Burger King Restaurants around Savannah and Kal Patel who operates hotels throughout Southeast Georgia. They and others told us that the change could force them to shutter their businesses and eliminate the jobs they support.

The result would be higher prices and fewer jobs as the little guy gets squeezed out all across this country. We cannot let that happen.

Instead, I am going to fight this rule and continue my work to get big government out of the way of putting America back to work. We can create a new generation of opportunity and prosperity by empowering American workers and small businesses to innovate, expand, and grow.