Mark Takano

In that time, the EEOC has been on the forefront of fighting discrimination in the workplace for all people, and its work is needed now more than ever.

The EEOC's work is still very much needed in our workforce, and we should not seek to hold them back.

The EEOC's job should be about getting results for America's workers, not providing full employment for law firms looking for new ways to prevent resolution of a disputed discrimination case.

The name of our subcommittee, I want to remind everyone, is Workforce Protections, meaning that we should be doing our best to protect workers.

If we do not have accurate data, we will not be able to solve this persistent problem.

I am disappointed once again, Mr. Chairman, that we have yet to have another hearing on the EEOC without actually inviting a representative from the Commission.

It's been more than fifty-years since the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1965 and the creation of the EEOC.

There are 7 million veterans who are eligible for VA care but not enrolled at the VA. All of them could be denied access to the tax credits in this bill, and each in this Chamber needs to understand how. On page 10, line 6 of manager's…

I include in the Record a letter from the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities, which states that this legislation will dramatically cut Medicaid services that are vital to people with disabilities and seniors. Consortium for Citizens…

This is a terrible deal for working families. This bill should be called the betrayal of working families act. Mr. Speaker, I do not believe my colleagues in the majority are intentionally eroding the rights of working families. I do not…

As has already been mentioned, last year, the National Advisory Council for Institutional Quality and Integrity recommended that the Department of Education withdraw its recognition of the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and…

I thank the ranking member, the gentleman from Minnesota, for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of S. 544. This legislation ensures that the approximately $1 billion left in Choice funding is spent on the critical mission of…

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.

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.

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

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

H.R. 1180 should be renamed the Betrayal of Working Families Act. It creates new rights for employers to withhold workers' hard-earned overtime pay, but no new rights for employees.

This betrayal of working families has got to stop.

The pretty packaging of this legislation as so-called 'flexibility' for working families should fool no one.

The Betrayal of Working Families Act makes things much more complicated.

So, is this legislation likely to make this problem worse?

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

The Betrayal of Working Families Act is simply another attempt by congressional Republicans to give every advantage to corporations.

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…