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Blog | Hispanic Leadership Fund - Part 4

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09 Aug 2021
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HLF in the Media: Radio Interview, Orlando. STEP Act, Other Topics

Below is a recent radio interview from the Matt Buff Radio Show in Orlando.  Matt asks HLF president Mario H. Lopez about the role of HLF, communicating to audiences of recent immigrants and its relation to policy, and the recently introduced STEP Act, which would hurt the ability to create inter-generational wealth in underserved communities.  .

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02 Aug 2021
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Senate Labor Panel Hearing Again Shows Dangers of PRO Act

Last week, the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) held a hearing on the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act. See our previous post on this, as well as an op-ed from HLF’s president. The hearing showed just how disastrous the passage of this bill would be for our nation’s workforce. If the PRO Act becomes law, tens of millions of Americans who are currently independent contractors stand to have their livelihoods upended. The bill goes far beyond providing workers with a greater protections to organize, as proponents have argued. Under the legislation’s strict worker...

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01 Jul 2021
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Statement on Victory in U.S. Supreme Court, Decision Protecting First Amendment

The Hispanic Leadership Fund today issued a statement regarding today’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling protecting First Amendment rights by finding that a California law attacking freedom of association was unconstitutional on its face.  The Supreme Court held by a 6-3 vote that it violates the First Amendment for a state to compel private organizations to make blanket disclosures of their donors. HLF filed an amicus curiae brief with the Supreme Court.  Both the National Association of Home Builders and the National Federation of Independent Business joined the HLF brief. The following statement is attributable to HLF president Mario H. Lopez:...

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26 Jun 2021
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Rhode Island Considers Beverage Taxes

As Rhode Island becomes the latest jurisdiction to consider beverage taxes, HLF’s president recently appeared on the In the Dugout podcast to shed light on why beverage taxes are a bad idea. Taxing underserved communities and threatening small businesses is not a solution to health challenges in the population. The segment from the podcast is cued up below:    

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12 Apr 2021
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The PRO Act Hurts Workers by Limiting their Job Opportunities

The Biden Administration recently released its $2.3 trillion infrastructure proposal, the American Jobs Plan, which includes the text of the Protecting the Right To Organize (PRO) Act of 2021.  Designed to increase the power and influence of union bosses, the PRO Act imposes a series of new federal labor regulations that are damaging to the U.S. economy and hurt workers. Notably, the PRO Act establishes a nationwide “ABC Test”—a controversial metric used to classify employees as independent contractors, even if its not what the worker wants.  Modeled after California’s disastrous AB 5 law, a federal ABC Test would: Eliminate workers’...

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19 Jan 2021
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Broad Coalition Calling for Bipartisan Immigration Reform in Congress

HLF today joined over 180 signatories to call for Members of Congress in both parties to come together to work for much-needed immigration reform in the 117th Congress.  The signatories represent a broad group of business, faith, law enforcement, civic, and other organizations. The group includes businesses and organizations from technology, retail, manufacturing, agricultural/dairy sectors, as well as law enforcement, faith, and civic groups. The statement, which can be read in full here) cites the strong bipartisan consensus among Americans for positive immigration reform: Polling consistently shows broad, bipartisan support for immigrants and immigration reform. Recent polls have found that...

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06 Jan 2021
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Statement About Attack on U.S. Capitol

WASHINGTON, DC – The Hispanic Leadership Fund (HLF), today released a statement from is president Mario H. Lopez regarding the breach at the U.S. Capitol building and the violent siege conducted by a large mob as Congress attempts to fulfill its Constitutional duty to count Electoral votes from all 50 states: “Those guilty of this violence and destruction are beyond disgraceful.  All of those who participate in this this attack must be held accountable.  It is a disgrace that President Trump is refusing to denounce these individuals and their actions even after reports of someone being shot.  What is happening...

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17 Dec 2020
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Statement on Surprise Medical Billing “No Surprises Act”

WASHINGTON, DC – The Hispanic Leadership Fund (HLF), today released a statement from is president Mario H. Lopez on last minute legislation attempting to deal with ‘Surprise Medical Billing’ that is being pushed in the final days of the 116th Congress: “HLF has repeatedly pointed out that a process that tilts the playing field to favor insurance companies by instituting price controls will inevitably result in decreased patient access to health care.  Taking away negotiating power from independent physicians will kill their business and end up hurting all patients, especially patients in underserved communities.  This is terrible in general and...

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