[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 142 (Tuesday, September 20, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H5646]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            OVERTIME RULE WILL STIFLE WORKPLACE FLEXIBILITY

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from 
North Carolina (Ms. Foxx) for 5 minutes.
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, in May, the Department of Labor released its 
final overtime rule, which is another egregious example of the 
burdensome regulations that continue to hamper our economic recovery 
and hold North Carolina families back.
  By stifling workplace flexibility, threatening upward mobility, and 
burdening small businesses, unelected Washington bureaucrats are 
harming the employees they claim they want to help.
  The Congressional Review Act of 1996 established a process through 
which Congress can overturn regulations issued by Federal agencies, and 
I have introduced a joint resolution of disapproval to block this 
controversial rule.
  Our Nation's overtime rules need to be modernized, but the Department 
of Labor's extreme and partisan approach will lead to damaging 
consequences that the American people simply cannot afford. I will 
continue to fight for a more balanced and responsible approach to 
updating Federal overtime rules.

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