[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 64 (Wednesday, May 8, 2013)]
[House]
[Pages H2494-H2495]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                    WORKING FAMILIES FLEXIBILITY ACT

  (Mr. GALLEGO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GALLEGO. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to speak against H.R. 1406, 
misnamed the Working Families Flexibility Act.
  Feeding a family, paying our bills, and making sure that our kids 
have what they need, for most of us, those are the core things that we 
worry about each month, and they all involve money.
  However, H.R. 1406, which would be more appropriately named the 
Working Families Get Less Act, does nothing for those working families 
who are

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struggling to make ends meet. The bill fails to recognize that people 
usually work overtime because they need the money.
  The legislation essentially ends overtime pay by allowing an employer 
to give time off instead. Supporters say it gives working mothers more 
flexibility because they would have the option of spending their time 
at home--that's the flexibility.
  But no matter how you slice it, you cannot feed a family with time 
off. Every hour of work matters to a family's bottom line. It's a 
factor in food and clothing and keeping a roof over your head.
  So I urge a ``no'' vote on this bill that takes the money out of the 
pockets of working women and families in Texas and across the country.

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