Rick Allen: “Again I repeat, the lone witness, a Democratic witness at the Committee of Education and Labor's hearing in May on H.R.…”

“Again I repeat, the lone witness, a Democratic witness at the Committee of Education and Labor's hearing in May on H.R. 1230, acknowledged that it is difficult to quantify the impact that the Gross decision had on the number of older workers who bring cases and the numbers of those who win them. This witness also acknowledged that we might have expected a drop in charges due to the Gross-inspired discouragement from employment attorneys, but that there was a sizeable jump in ADEA charges filed with the EEOC. I merely present this amendment to make sure that the committee and this House look at the data before we have some law here that is going to create, really, fewer opportunities for people to file these charges. Mr. Chair, I urge a ``yes'' vote on my amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.”