Political Quotes

“Thank you, Mr. President. Today I have described just some of the damage the 30-hour rule is doing to municipal employees, to providers of home health care and hospice services, and to those who work in our school systems. Nationwide, 100 school systems have had to scale back the hours of their workers already. Employees in all industries--for-profit and non- profit, private sector and public sector--are similarly affected. Regardless of the varying views of Senators in this Chamber on the Affordable Care Act, surely we ought to be able to agree to fix this problem in the law that is hurting workers' paychecks and creating chaos for employers. Senator Donnelly has introduced bipartisan legislation with Senator Joe Manchin and Senator Lisa Murkowski that would do just that. It is the Forty Hours is Full Time Act, and I urge all of my colleagues to join us in supporting it. Thank you, Mr. President. I yield the floor. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: National Association For Home Care & Hospice, Washington, DC, January 6, 2014. Hon. Susan Collins, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC. Hon. Joe Donnelly, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC. Dear Senators Collins and Donnelly: I am writing to offer our support for the ``Forty Hours Is Full Time Act.'' The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) is the leading association representing the interests of the home care and hospice community since 1982.…”