[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 36 (Wednesday, March 19, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H1114]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               PASS THE WORKING FAMILIES FLEXIBILITY ACT

  (Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland. Mr. Speaker, Congress today will be voting 
on the Working Families Flexibility Act. This bill is very simple. It 
gives workers the right and the flexibility to choose how they wish to 
be compensated when they work overtime, with more time or more money.
  This is not a radical notion. Passing this bill will merely give 
workers in the private sector the very same choice government workers 
now enjoy. Who are we in Congress to tell a working mother or father 
that overtime pay is the only compensation they can get for working 
overtime? What if a worker prefers getting comp time? Workers now have 
no choice at all.
  The Working Families Flexibility Act will make it easier to balance 
the demands of work and family. The Working Families Flexibility Act 
will give workers the freedom to choose whether time or money is more 
important to them at any given time. Let us put our trust in the 
American workers. Let us pass the Working Families Flexibility Act.

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