[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6202]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    WORKING FAMILIES FLEXIBILITY ACT

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, for nearly 30 years, government employees have 
had the option to choose paid time off or comp time in lieu of overtime 
pay. Private sector employees, however, haven't had that choice because 
Washington and an old 1938 labor law won't let them.
  That isn't fair. When life happens in the form of school plays, 
Little League games, or family members becoming sick, time and 
flexibility are essential to working parents and grandparents. Money 
doesn't buy time. It would certainly help if every worker had the 
choice to receive comp time when they put in extra hours.
  Government shouldn't be standing in the way. There are a lot of moms 
and a few grandmas in the Republican Conference, and we want a solution 
for American families. That solution is the Working Families 
Flexibility Act. Our legislation will ensure all workers, whether 
public or private, benefit from the flexibility of choices in overtime 
compensation.

                          ____________________