"I look at France's unemployment rate among the youth. It is like 17 percent."
"The 32 hour work week with no loss in pay, my staff has volunteered to be the test case for that."
"We commend the Committee for starting a discussion about the Fair Labor Standards Act."
"Flexibility is what we need."
"The requirement to pay overtime over 8 hours will be a significant economic adverse impact on many companies."
"there is nothing to prevent a business like Mr. Leland or Temple University Hospital for a select group of employees to have a policy which would be 32 hours a week."
"But in reality, there is no free lunch. Workers would be the ones who would pay, not get paid extra."
"There are significant statistical flaws in all of the studies I have examined and are regularly touted as proof of concept for the shortened work week."
"The proposal of the Chairman will require the creation of more jobs, especially, part-time jobs."
"Folks want jobs, and they want decent pay. I agree with that entirely."
"First, productivity does not necessarily increase with a shortened work week in the longterm."