Ellen Tauscher: “I rise in support of my neighbor, the gentleman from northern California, Mr. Miller, and his substitute amendment. Mr.…”

“I rise in support of my neighbor, the gentleman from northern California, Mr. Miller, and his substitute amendment. Mr. Chairman, I have worked for 30 years, and the working parents and families in my district are spending less and less time with their families and young children. They are driving too long to the office. Many of them get on airplanes to commute to make a sales call. Many find themselves looking for opportunities for flexibility, and when they hear the rhetoric of H.R. 1, many of them say, aha, perhaps there it is. The truth is that H.R. 1 appears to be well-intentioned but, in my opinion, it does not offer the kind of flexibility, the kind of voluntary options and the real money that American workers want. The people of my district do not want to be forced into the position of deciding whether the comp time to go to the soccer game is put at a vexing choice of whether they have the money to buy the soccer shoes. This is about real wages, Mr. Chairman. This is about the opportunity to have people have the opportunity to spend the money that they expect to be earning. Paycheck protection is the fundamental right of all American workers. The opportunity to have pension and Social Security money put forth by an employer is denied by H.R. 1. I believe that we need to vote for this Miller substitute amendment.”