[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 5]
[House]
[Pages 6428-6429]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    WORKING FAMILIES FLEXIBILITY ACT

  (Mr. KILDEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, today we're considering the Republican's 
latest attack on workers' rights. Republicans are calling this bill the 
Working Families Flexibility Act, but a more appropriate name would be 
the More Work, Less Pay Act. This bill is bad for middle class families 
and would make life worse for workers.
  It would essentially end the 40-hour workweek by permitting employers 
to

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not pay overtime to workers who exceed 40 hours per week. Instead, it 
would allow employers to hold earned comp time in their control. It 
would allow employers to refuse the right of workers to take time off 
to help a family member in need or attend a parent-teacher conference. 
That's wrong, Mr. Speaker.
  Productivity of our Nation's workers is at an all-time high, yet 
again we see efforts to whittle down the rights of hardworking 
families.
  Instead of focusing on attacking workers, maybe we should focus on 
creating good-paying jobs. That's what our constituents want. That's 
what Americans want.

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