On the recordJanuary 8, 2015
I thank the chairman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, in 1938, it was Franklin Roosevelt who signed the Fair Labor Standards Act, establishing full-time work as 40 hours, so for more than 70 years, that has been the accepted definition for government, for corporations, for small business; but in 2010, the President's health care law threw 70 years of precedent completely out the window. This new 30-hour rule is forcing companies to scale back hours, with more part-time jobs and less full-time jobs, so now, many employees that were working full time--good full-time jobs--have seen their paychecks cut up to 25 percent. One study recently found that regulations in the President's new health care law, like the 30-hour rule, are reducing small business wages to workers every year by $22 billion and that employment in small businesses has been reduced by 350,000 jobs. Mr. Speaker, Americans want more full-time opportunities, and they should get to choose to pursue those opportunities, not have their employers force to reduce them to part-time work. America's workers deserve better. Mr. Speaker, I insert in the Record a letter from The Associated General Contractors of America supporting this legislation by Mr. Young. The Associated General Contractors of America, Arlington, VA, January 7, 2015. Re support H.R 30, The Saving American Workers Act of 2015. Hon. Todd Young, House of Representatives, Washington, DC.…
