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On the recordMarch 19, 1997
I realize, if my colleagues have made up their mind that they want to vote against the bill, the best way to do that is just not read the bill. Then they can say anything on the floor of the House. But if they read the bill and it is only a couple little pages, then they will realize that most of what they heard has nothing to do with reality. Now first of all I mentioned a lot of the protections that are in there. Now the protection is the same as the State and local government law, and that has been going on now since 1985, and it has been defined in the Department of Labor regulations, and it has been further defined by the interpretation, strict interpretations, in court. We are talking the beauty of this in relationship to what the gentlewoman just said about family and medical leave. This is paid time off. Family and medical leave is unpaid time off which makes it very, very difficult to take.
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William F. Goodling
Pennsylvania
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Discussing the importance of reading a bill and comparing paid time off to family and medical leave.

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