Eleanor Holmes Norton: “By allowing employers to deny overtime pay, by substituting compensatory time off for overtime at the discretion of…”

“By allowing employers to deny overtime pay, by substituting compensatory time off for overtime at the discretion of employers and by denying guaranteed time off for workers when they need it, the Republican attempt to give the nation's mothers a Mother's Day bill gets jeers instead of cheers. This same bill has died in committee or failed three times since 1996 and the President has pledged to veto it this time. We need new ideas for hard-pressed working mothers, not a redux that takes more than it gives. This was a message bill, not a serious attempt to help working mothers. The Senate won't touch it. So, happy Mother's Day. We can and will do better. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 198, the previous question is ordered on the bill, as amended, and on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New York (Mr. Gibson). The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New York (Mr. Gibson). The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that the ayes appeared to have it.”