The Donald Trump administration hopes to unveil a new Labor Department regulation in June requiring drug testing for unemployment benefits.
Republicans used the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to repeal an Obama-era regulation that limited states’ ability to limit drug testing for people who apply for unemployment benefits.
After President Trump signed the CRA repealing the Obama-era regulation, House Ways and Means chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) said:
"President Trump just signed into law my bill that abolishes an Obama-era rule. After five years of battling with the Obama Department of Labor, states like Texas will now be allowed to drug test folks on unemployment to ensure they are job-ready from day one. This is a win for families, workers, job creators, and local economies."
Chairman Brady proposed the bill with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), who sponsored the Senate version of the CRA.
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Well, if you're laid off and forced to look for a different job, most employers drug test as a part of the hiring process now. Choosing to collect unemployment instead should come with the same requirement. Then the unemployed could use that test to gain new employment if he searches in a timely manner.Keep the test valid for 90 days.
ReplyDeleteI hope they do the same for welfare, snap, etc.
ReplyDeleteUn constitutionsal. Un reasonable search and sezure. Keep cheering
ReplyDeleteSorry snowflake, that amendment doesn't apply to tax funded benefits.
DeleteAnother know it all that can't spell.
DeleteEspecially welfare. Baby daddy's especially since they seem to take the welfare for drugs and the baby's have to rely on the food banks for food.
ReplyDeleteHooray, Hooray, Hooray, It's about time.
ReplyDeleteLong long overdue and needed. Our tax dollars need to be spent appropriately and not for the self-entitled!
ReplyDeleteDrain that swamp Mr. President, drain it REAL good!
934-I hope your employer doesn't give you a spelling test!
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