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On the recordApril 10, 2013
Instead, however, we are debating legislation which frankly has been recycled through this committee numerous times and never prevailed that forces workers to compromise their paycheck in order to have more time off from work.
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Joe Courtney
Democratic · Connecticut

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Courtney criticizes recurring legislation that harms workers' pay for time off.

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