Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise to urge a ``no'' vote on this misleading name, Working Families Flexibility Act. Quite simply, this is a bait-and-switch proposal. It awards employers flexibility, not the families who need it. It fails ordinary working men and women, like the mom who has no overtime stored up and must go into credit card debt after having a baby or the dad who has worked long, crushing overtime hours but can't afford to give up his pay in order to stay home with his ill son. Mr. Speaker, Democrats have better solutions: 12 weeks of paid family leave, guaranteed paid sick days. These are proposals that will modernize our workplace. It will lead to better workers and stronger families.”