[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6386]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                      GIVING WORKERS MORE CHOICES

  (Mr. HARRIS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. HARRIS. This week the House is going to take action on a bill 
that's going to give the American workers in the private sector the 
exact same rights that Federal Government workers have, and that is 
that if you're going to choose to work extra, you get a choice whether 
to take overtime pay or to get time off to go to your child's school.
  In my district we have Patriot Days during the school day at 
elementary schools where parents would love to have the time to go and 
spend that time with their child. This bill will get the parent the 
choice, not a Federal law. This will allow the parent to take that time 
off as comp time instead of getting overtime. It just gives everyone 
more choice.

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