[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 112 (Friday, July 26, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H8562]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           THE COMP TIME BILL

  (Mr. BONIOR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. BONIOR. Mr. Speaker, this comp time bill is not about 
compensation, and it is not about flexibility, and it certainly is not 
about helping working families. It is about ending the 40-hour 
workweek. It is about cutting people's pay. It is about changing the 
laws so employers no longer have to pay overtime wages for overtime 
work.
  This bill takes away the only real raise that most people have gotten 
over the last 20 years, and they have earned that through their own 
hard work, through their sweat.
  Mr. Speaker, if this bill becomes law, as this chart points out, a 
single mom who puts in 47 hours at 5 bucks an hour can lose $50 a week. 
The factory worker who gets $10 an hour can lose $110 a week. This is a 
22-percent cut.
  Mr. Speaker, if this bill becomes law, workers are going to need comp 
time just to find a second job to make up for the money they lose in 
overtime pay.

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