I would suggest that adding such reforms is too important to be tucked away into a massive overhaul and should be vetted and debated separately on its merits.

But the proposal appears to put Washington in the business of paying for sick days to the tune of about one and a half BILLION dollars over the next four years.

Employers around this nation see this type of legislation right now, and many have frozen any hiring because they don't know how severe government dictates will be.

The most troubling aspect of the Health Families Act is that it ultimately threatens to harm workers by way of lower wages and fewer opportunities.

Enacting this particular proposal would require countless U.S. employers, even those with as few as 15 employees, to provide paid sick leave to every single employee for a range of medical and non-medical conditions both great and small.

Women Employed commends Chairwoman Lynn Woolsey and Ranking Member Tom Price for convening this hearing on paid sick days legislation.

The North Carolina Justice Center commends Chairwoman Lynn Woolsey and Ranking Member Tom Price for convening a series of hearings to examine workplace policies.

I believe there is some very harmful provisions to employees, to jobs, to America.

Seventy percent of the jobs in this nation are created by small business out there, and every time that we put a cost on business, then we actually decrease the number of jobs able to be created.

We operate by rules in this House of Representatives. At least we used to. I don't know whether we still do.

I appreciate that. In fact, the Bureau of Labor Statistics that is charged with determining who has paid time off and the like, in 2008 93 percent of full-time employees were provided with paid time off that could be used in the event of…