On Monday, the Senate Republican Conference held an Anti-Employee Free Choice hearing in Washington. The goal? Using the hearing as a mechanism to publicly trash components of Free Choice.

Two small business owners - Terri Monley of Denver, Colorado, the owner of a moving company, and Karen Kidwell, the owner of a pet shop in Bloomington, Indiana - attended the hearing, themselves.

Their thoughts?

Both quickly became fed up with the extreme rhetoric and scare tactics presented.

"They were all of one mind, and they just kept reiterating the same thing," said Karen.

Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah for instance, said that Free Choice "sure seems like Armageddon to me."

Witness Eugene Scalia, a former Labor Solicitor under former President Bush - who must be a Rush Limbaugh fan - suggested that union members would "surround" employees in parking lots if Free Choice were passed.

And Senator Jim Risch of Idaho, who just took office in January, was beyond out of touch, claiming that the American people have a fair system and a level playing field.

Watch Terri and Karen's thoughts here: