6 years of unrelenting government attacks on our freedom to be our own bosses, condensed into a 5-minute speech and these 2 key sentences: "This is not targeting employee misclassification. This is weaponizing regulatory language to attack independent contractors."

Democracy, choice, freedom Great podcast with the @Inst4AW folks about how workforce and employment policy needs to promote these things https://t.co/5F4DpBfbH7

This sounds exactly like what's happening with independent-contractor policy. Endless research and data shows most of us prefer to be self-employed. We're entrepreneurial. But unionists keep trying to portray us as victims who need union protection.

Tell me again how New Jersey businesses are magically going to create traditional W-2 jobs for an estimated 1.7 million independent contractors, just because NJDOL wishes it were so And then give me a ride on your unicorn to Fantasyland

New from me: I am sincerely honored to receive the Institute for the American Worker's 2025 Defender of Worker Freedom Award. And I am grateful for the chance to play my small role in a nationwide army of people who are fighting for us all. https://t.co/W44ulaxO8m

Congratulations to my fellow award-winner @RepBobOnder 👏👏👏 Thank you for trying to protect independent contractors like me! (Also, as a Mizzou J-School grad, I would like to add “Go Tigers!”)

We are thrilled to honor @theKimKavin as a 2025 Defender of Worker Freedom. Thank you for all your efforts for independent workers not just in New Jersey, but across America.

I am beyond humbled and grateful to receive the 2025 Defender of Worker Freedom Award from @Inst4AW https://t.co/ZdgLTiLP3q

New from me: Overly restrictive independent-contractor policy doesn’t magically create W-2 jobs. It means the government tells companies that if they continue to work with independent contractors, then they may face fines and penalties. https://t.co/HFHcFfpmfF

This feels so eerily similar to how we keep being told that if we are entrepreneurial independent contractors, we are victims, and therefore our way of working must be severely restricted to protect us

Gerry and I joined @taxreformer to discuss the Dept. of Labor’s latest attempt to regulate independent contractors out of existence ⚠️. Great panel—and eye-opening to see how some here in the U.S. are determined to import European-style labor control, as @GlenHodges of

Thank you @AswVickyFlynn @NJAsmGerry @declanoscanlon for continuing to push back against @NJLaborDept's misguided and damaging rules that will greatly challenge being an independent contractor in NJ. It is imperative that this rule is completely withdrawn for the sake of all gig

Super excited to see the @ASJAhq add this language to its home page about taking a stand in support of the right to freelance, and proud to have played a role in making the statement happen 🙌

Listening to @AmericaWeek Given the disastrous results we’ve seen with so-called “experts” making independent-contractor policy in recent years, it’s terrifying to hear a U.S. Supreme Court justice suggest government “experts” should not be fireable 😳 https://t.co/PMHENYeUKE

Reclassifying independent contractors as employees means: * IC’s current income is gone * a job must be created to replace the income With unemployment up, who on earth believes NJDOL making a rule will create jobs for NJ’s estimated 1.7 million ICs?

It’s been six years since the California Legislature passed the freelance-busting law AB5 And it’s still costing independent contractors work today It’s beyond cruel that NJDOL wants to do this in a way lawyers say is even worse. NJ’s Legislature must act. Stop this madness!

An announcement that unemployment is up, from the same NJ Labor Department that lawyers say is trying to “almost entirely eviscerate” the ability to be an independent contractor—in a state where an estimated 1.7 million people earn some or all income as ICs

New from me: ACR177 is now introduced in the New Jersey Assembly, joining SCR138 in the Senate These companion resolutions would prohibit or invalidate the Labor Department's proposed independent-contractor rule https://t.co/xl09qBAhUr

Thank you @AswVickyFlynn for introducing the Assembly companion to @declanoscanlon's SCR138 to invalidate the New Jersey Labor Department's proposed independent-contractor rule 👏👏👏 https://t.co/PE5iL3I7KC

What freelance busting has always been about: “If rideshare workers in just these two states were to organize, agreements would cover more than 900,000 workers, effectively reversing the past 20 years of union coverage decline in the United States.” https://t.co/8taGh4KRON

Friend of mine got laid off today. Talented, hardworking individual. I am yet again reminded that during the Great Recession, independent contracting rose 40%. Because it's a lifeline. It's how a lot of people get back up after the traditional job market knocks them down.