Political Quotes

“I simply want to emphasize the fact that I believe that what the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Goodling] has presented in all four of these amendments are very reasonable ones, and I think also that I can say that when the minimum wage provision passes, as apparently it will pass as a part of this legislation, that we will have a better minimum wage law, and that basically is what we are all looking for. All of these amendments that are being suggested are traditional amendments that have been attached in the past to minimum wage and overtime provisions. There is nothing new and startling, and when I hear some of the Members talk so emphatically and to seem to indicate that the end of the world is coming if we do not, for instance, refuse to add the small-business exemption that the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Goodling] has presented, I just cannot quite understand why they are reacting the way they are reacting. As has been pointed out by others, the small-business exemption for businesses that have gross receipts of under $500,000 is an established part of the provisions right now of the Fair Labor Standards Act.”