Political Quotes

“I include in the Record the Statement of Administration Policy from President William Jefferson Clinton from 1997, in which President Clinton lays out the criteria, by and large, which is still the criteria under which Democrats would support a comp time flexibility bill, had the Republicans been at all serious about actually passing one into law rather than just passing a symbolic bill that they have passed for 22 years. [From the American Presidency Project, John T. Woolley & Gerhard Peters, Santa Barbara, CA] William J. Clinton: Statement of Administration Policy: H.R. 1--Working Families Flexibility Act of 1997, March 19, 1997 (House) (Ballenger (R) NC and 99 others) The President will veto H.R. 1 if it is passed in its current form. The President will not sign H.R. 1, or any other comp time legislation, unless it adheres to three fundamental principles: (1) real choice for workers; (2) real protection against employer abuse; and (3) preservation of workers' rights. H.R. 1 purports to give working families greater flexibility. In reality, it grants employers more rights at the expense of working people: H.R. 1 fails to offer workers real choice. In particular, H.R. 1 would allow an employer to decide when a worker could use his or her compensatory time-off by disapproving such time-off if the employer claims it would ``unduly disrupt'' its operations. In addition, H.R.…”