[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6373]
[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. It is hard to raise a family and earn a living at the same 
time. The reality is that every hour you spend working to provide for 
your family is an hour you can't spend with your family.
  For nearly 30 years, Federal, State, and local government employees 
have been able to choose paid time off, or comp time, instead of cash 
wages as compensation for working overtime hours. Unfortunately, 
Federal law prohibits employees in the private sector from having the 
same option. It's time to put an end to this double standard. Private 
sector employees deserve the same flexibility.
  That is why Republicans have introduced H.R. 1406, the Working 
Families Flexibility Act; and that bill deserves our support. We will 
vote shortly on the rule for that and tomorrow on the bill. Madam 
Speaker, I urge all of my colleagues to vote for fairness for the 
private sector.

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