01/26/2009) (02/17/2009 Became Public Law) Supported the Food Safety Modernization Act. (Introduced 03/03/2009) In April 2009, the Chamber began an ad campaign against the proposed Employee Free Choice Act. Critics such as the National Association of Manufacturers have contended that additional use of card check elections will lead to overt coercion on the part of union organizers. Opponents of the Employee Free Choice Act also claim, referring to perceived lack of access to a secret ballot, that the measure would not protect employee privacy. For this reason the Chamber argued the act would reduce workers' rights. Opposed the American Clean Energy and Security Act climate change bill. (Introduced 05/15/2009) "[H]elped kill several attempts to pass climate-change legislation" between 1997 and 2010, but did not oppose efforts by Senators Kerry, Graham, and Lieberman in 2010. In November 2009, the Chamber was reported to be seeking to spend $50,000 to hire a "respected economist" to produce a study that could be used to portray health-care legislation as a job killer and threat to the nation's economy. The Chamber views some reform as necessary, but opposed the Dodd/Frank legislation that was passed, asserting that it would damage loan availability. (Introduced 12/02/2009) (07/21/2010 Became Public Law) Supported the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). (Introduced in House (10/26/2011) Supported the Jobs Act of 2012. (Introduced 12/08/2011) (04/05/2012 Became Public Law) Supported the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. (Introduced 02/25/2013) (07/22/2014 Became Public Law) Supported the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. (Introduced 02/04/2015) Actively lobbies against anti-tobacco policies implemented in other countries. In particular, it opposes attempts to carve out tobacco from the Investor-state dispute settlement mechanism negotiated under the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement. (Signed 4 February 2016) Supported the Ozone Implementation Act of 2017 (Introduced 02/01/2017) Supported the Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency Act. (Introduced 02/07/2017) Supported the Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act. (Introduced 02/09/2017) Supported the SAFE Act. (Introduced 03/16/2017) Opposed the American Health Care Act of 2017. (Introduced 03/20/2017) Opposed the Clean Power Plan. (added new bullet point) (On March 28, 2017) Supported the Reauthorization Act. (Introduced 04/25/2017) Supported the Self Drive Act. (Introduced 07/25/2017) Supported the Tribal Tax and Investment Reform Act of 2017. (Introduced 10/05/2017) Opposes the DISCLOSE Act, which aims to limit foreign influence on U.S. elections. (House - 06/27/2018) Opposed to using the government shutdown and debt ceiling limit as negotiating tactics. Support for business globalization, free trade, and offshoring. Qualified