[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6372]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  WORKING FAMILIES FLEXIBILITY ACT II

  (Mrs. HARTZLER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. HARTZLER. Madam Speaker, leave it to Washington to leave a 
severely outdated government regulation on the books where it can 
continue to be a thorn in the side of hardworking Americans all across 
the country.
  Under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938--yes, 1938, 3 years before 
our country entered World War II--American workers in the private 
sector are not allowed to choose to be paid for overtime with extra 
time off instead of extra wages.
  There's no denying that our workforce has changed since 1938. 
Nowadays, 59 percent of American families have two parents that work, 
and 8.5 million workers are single parents. When you're balancing work 
and family, time can be just as valuable as money.
  The Working Families Flexibility Act, which House Republicans have 
introduced, will amend the 1938 law to give more American workers the 
choice to be paid in extra time off. It's your time and you deserve it.

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