[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 139 (Friday, October 3, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1975]
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APPOINTMENT OF CONFEREES ON H.R. 2660, DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND 
HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 
                                  2004

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                               speech of

                           HON. CORRINE BROWN

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 2, 2003

  Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida. Mr. Speaker, this is an outright attack 
on organized labor. Ever since George Bush and his administration were 
put in the White House by the Supreme Court, they have done nothing but 
cut taxes for the rich and destroy our country's labor movement.
  The regulations put forth by the administration in March to change 
the Fair Labor Standards Act that would deny overtime pay to over 8 
million employees is shameful. These regulations would be bad for many, 
many people: including first responders like nurses, police and 
firefighters, and also journalists, accountants, grocery clerks, and 
others. Millions more, who have long depended upon overtime work to 
help make ends meet, will face pay cuts, and at the same time, 
opportunities to work overtime are being done away with.
  I urge my colleagues to vote to instruct conferees and to block the 
Bush administration from going on with this terrible change which would 
take overtime pay away from our country's hard-working people.

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