Because of the overtime salary threshold where workers are automatically eligible for overtime pay has not been updated in a very, very long time, today, it is possible for employers to demand very long hours for many of their employees…

This legislation plays a cruel trick on cash-strapped and time-strapped workers.

This betrayal of working families has got to stop.

H.R. 1180 is entirely consistent with congressional Republicans' agenda to rig the rules of our economy.

This legislation is ultimately about freedom, choice, and fairness.

I still say there is nothing as convenient or as fungible as cash.

Every worker has a different story, but they all deserve the choice between more time and more money in the bank.

I want to thank Representative Roby for leading this effort.

H.R. 1180 needs to be renamed 'The Betrayal of Working Families Act.'

She has essentially given her employer an interest-free loan repayable only when the employer decides it is convenient.

H.R. 1180 gives employers yet another tool to deny workers overtime pay, at the very moment their overtime rights ought to be strengthened.

So back in the 1970s, 1975, about 60 percent of the workforce that were covered under the salary threshold for being able to earn overtime pay. We're down to 8 percent.

For people with family commitments, being forced to stay late at work can mean children do not get picked up from a child care center or met at the bus stop.

Yes, I absolutely believe that for many, many, many workers, the Working Families Flexibility Act would make lives worse. It would give them less control, less wages, and a lot more uncertainty.

Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote on the question of…

Veterans have earned these benefits and should have the peace of mind of knowing that they will receive a COLA every year without having to wait for Congress to act.

I have been a proud supporter of our Nation's veterans and I am excited to sponsor this critical legislation today.

It is important for Congress to ensure our blue water Navy Vietnam veterans receive the support and care they need.