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Tom Harkin: The grave difficulty is that the regulation on overtime pay will cut back on compensation to many workers in America.

On the recordJanuary 22, 2004
The grave difficulty is that the regulation on overtime pay will cut back on compensation to many workers in America.
Said by
Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa
Source
congress.gov
Jan 22, 2004

Editor's note · Context

Expressing concern about new overtime pay regulations affecting workers' compensation.

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