Judd Gregg: “as we speak in the Senate, sometimes we are caught up in hyperbole. I am certainly afraid that has been the case on the…”

“as we speak in the Senate, sometimes we are caught up in hyperbole. I am certainly afraid that has been the case on the other side as they try to describe flextime. To say this is a return to the 19th century is a unique view of something which all Federal employees have the right to do today, which is to exercise flextime. Why is flextime allowed for Federal employees? Because there are a lot of people who work in the Federal Government who would like to have the opportunity, if somebody in their family, for example, is getting married, to be able to restructure their workweek so that one week they will work more hours, and the next week, maybe the week their daughter or son is getting married, they work fewer hours so they can participate in the excitement of planning for that wedding. There are a lot of people in the Federal Government who, when one of their family members, unfortunately, gets very sick and has to go in for an operation, want to be able to be with that loved one during that time of tremendous trauma. They want to be able to get to that hospital and not worry about not doing their job correctly at the same time. So they seek the opportunity of flextime, too. Then there are other people who work for the Federal Government who have children who do exciting things. Maybe they are in plays. Maybe they are in bands. Maybe they are good athletes and in sports.…”