U.S. Senators Katie Britt, Bill Cassidy, Colleagues Call to Repeal Restrictive Biden-Era Heat Rule

WASHINGTON,D.C.– U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) joined Senator Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and 14 of their Senate Republican colleagues in urging the U.S. Department of Labor to protect American workers from the Biden Administration’s disastrous proposed heat rule.
The Biden-era proposed rule would mandate that all businesses, no matter their safety record, size, location, or industry, comply with onerous requirements on safety staffing, recordkeeping and mandatory breaks at high-heat triggers that can create dangerous hazards for some workers. The one size fits all proposal is inefficient, dangerous, threatens job opportunities, and hurts local businesses.
“We represent the states of Louisiana, Idaho, North Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Indiana, Iowa, Wisconsin, Missouri, Texas, and Montana which have experience with high temperatures and whose workplaces have already developed strategies for protecting workers,”wrote the senators.“Protecting workers from a common and easily understandable workplace hazard does not require a prescriptive rule that will cause confusion and, in several circumstances, may even undermine worker safety. Workers and businesses thrive when there are clear standards that are flexible, understandable, and pragmatic.”
U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.), Jim Banks (R-Ind.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Ted Budd (R-N.C.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.), and Steve Daines (R-Mont.) also signed the letter.
Senator Britt is proud to champion hardworking Americans across the nation, their safety, and their freedoms. She previously introduced theNational Right to Work Act, which would protect an individual’s right to form, join or assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such activities.
You can read the full text of the letterhere.
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