[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5299]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                 CHANGES TO THE WHITE COLLAR EXEMPTION

  (Mr. YOHO asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. YOHO. Mr. Speaker, the current administration has changed the way 
business is done in America.
  By making unilateral changes to the white collar exemption within the 
Fair Labor Standards Act, businesses across our Nation will be forced 
to change their investment and growth strategy. This Big Government 
pie-in-the-sky philosophy does not grasp the realities of Main Street 
America. The change would require employers to pay overtime for all 
employees who make $50,440 or less per year.
  The administration's own Chief Counsel for Advocacy at the Small 
Business Administration pointed out that research for this 
comprehensive rule change was based on assumptions and lacked industry 
data and involvement.
  Here is another example of an agency reinterpreting an old law from 
1938 and changing it to fit the current administration's agenda. This 
is lawmaking by executive fiat and it is unconstitutional.
  It is time for Congress to revive the legislative veto and hold an 
unaccountable executive branch accountable.

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