Rosa DeLauro

When you are someone who is fearful of your livelihood, when you are fearful that you and your family may be deported, it doesn't make any difference

If workers cannot come forward in a system that depends on them to bring complaints and that depends on them to collaborate with investigators, we can't hope to actually enforce the law or to make our minimum wage a reality for workers.

It is my understanding, and for my colleague, as well, Mr. Katz, it would appear that McDonald's controls how franchisees fry the fries, what uniforms they wear, how they set up the store, and there are many, many employment practices that…

The private right of action, and then, if we are not appropriately resourcing the U.S. Department of Labor... we are thereby overburdened and unable.

I am startled to hear that in Ms. Huizer's testimony that more than 60 million workers are subjected to these agreements, shutting off rights to be able to seek justice in court.

Let me take a moment to question the premise that the misclassification of workers is somehow not part of wage theft.

I think we should get a copy to everyone of the abstract that the former Wage and Hour Division head, David Weil, wrote about the concept of strategic enforcement.

I know Mr. DeCamp wants to get into this conversation.

This is an important question, I want to say to my colleagues.

Quite frankly, where we have had no evaluation, no determination of its effectiveness at all.

It seems to be in dire contrast to all of the information that has been provided by the other panelists.

Thank you all very much for your testimony. We will now begin questions.

This change would leave thousands of workers who are unpaid without any potential relief from wage theft.

The protections of the FLSA would be seriously undermined by a pernicious Department of Labor proposal that would gut a core protection for low-wage workers.

Thank you very much, Congressman Cole. Let me once again thank all of our panelists for being here.

We need more enforcement and investing in enforcement at Wage and Hour Division is a smart use of Federal funds.

This legislation not only protects workers but it will help our economy grow.

The single biggest economic challenge of our time is that people are in jobs that do not pay them enough to live on.

We need to call it for what it is, which is wage theft.

We know that education is the great equalizer and that it should pay no attention to your gender, to your religion, your socioeconomic group, your political party.

Because the stakes are high. The stakes are very high. People are trying to better themselves.

This is an area where public policy, it is my view, can make a big difference.

Well, let me ask you, Mr. Carey, about conversions. Predatory for-profit institution converts to a nonprofit, does it somehow shed its predatory nature?

I actually think completion is one of the most important areas you could look at.

I think the recruiting tactics of these institutions. We have to pay very, very close attention to that.