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The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pension Committee is holding a hearing next week on David Weil’s nomination to lead the Department of Labor’s Wage & Hour Division. 

Weil is a radical academic with no private sector experience that is anti-free enterprise to his core. If confirmed, Weil will work overtime to destroy the franchise business model that employs 7.6 million Americans nationwide. 

Here is the breakdown of the number of franchises and jobs in each state represented by the Senate HELP Committee. 

  • Alaska (Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R) – 1,800 franchises employing 14,600 people

  • Alabama (Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R) – 12,200 franchises employing 124,900 people

  • Colorado (Sen. John Hickenlooper, D) – 15,600 franchises employing 150,400 people

  • Connecticut (Sen. Chris Murphy, D) – 7,200 franchises employing 85,000 people 

  • Indiana (Sen. Mike Braun, R) – 16,500 franchises employing 189,000 people

  • Kansas (Sens. Roger Marshall and Jerry Moran, R) – 9,200 franchises employing 89,600 people

  • Kentucky (Sen. Rand Paul, R) – 12,700 franchises employing 145,700 people

  • Louisiana (Sen. Bill Cassidy, R) – 11,400 franchises employing 115,900 people

  • Maine (Sen. Susan Collins, R) – 2,800 franchises employing 27,100 people 

  • Minnesota (Sen. Tina Smith, D) – 15,200 franchises employing 152,500 people 

  • North Carolina (Sen. Richard Burr, R) – 24,900 franchises employing 294,400 people

  • New Hampshire (Sen. Maggie Hassan, D) – 3,100 franchises employing 26,900 people 

  • New Mexico (Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D) – 4,900 franchises employing 54,800 people

  • Nevada (Sen. Jacky Rosen, D) – 4,800 franchises employing 44,800 people 

  • Pennsylvania (Sen. Bob Casey, D) – 26,600 franchises employing 270,400 people 

  • South Carolina (Sen. Tim Scott, R) – 12,300 franchises employing 130,000 people 

  • Utah (Sen. Mitt Romney, R) – 6,500 franchises employing 63,300 people 

  • Virginia (Sen. Tim Kaine, D) – 22,300 franchises employing 238,200 people

  • Vermont (Sen. Bernie Sanders, socialist) – 1,500 franchises employing 11,300 people

  • Washington (Sen. Patty Murray, D) – 14,500 franchises employing 136,500 people

  • Wisconsin (Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D) – 14,300 franchises employing 149,500 people

The Senate HELP Committee should reject David Weil.