Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, it all depends on how we look at legislation like this, whether we see opportunities, as I see, or whether we see a lot of limitations, as I gather the gentleman from New York (Mr. Owens) does see. But this legislation, I do not think, is difficult to understand. It amends Section 13.1 of the Fair Labor Standards Act to simply allow a defined group of people called inside sales people to be exempt from the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act. The reason for that is so that a lot of these people, especially young people in the sales business, they are pretty well prepared professionals, they would like to be able to work on a commission basis. They really prefer that. They really prefer the opportunity that would be afforded to them. Right now they do not have that opportunity, because employers are not wild about going into overtime and all that is involved with that. These rights, by the way, of working on a commission basis have long been enjoyed by sales people who work outside the office under the title of outside salesmen exemption.”