Political Quotes

“to begin with I would like to congratulate the gentleman from North Carolina [Mr. Ballenger] and our committee chairman for working on some legislation for a long period of time that really will help people. This Congress has been historic in the sense we have done two good things: We have applied all of the laws in America to the body itself. I think that is going to make the laws in this country better because we have to live under them as an employer, the U.S. Congressmen and their offices themselves. But what we have done here is we have extended to the private sector some options that people that work for the Federal Government have. If you want the time off rather than the money for working overtime, it is your option as an employee. That is a good thing. That is what we do in the Federal Government. The private sector should have that same right. But it is up to the employee. It is true that when you schedule the compensatory time, that the employee has to work with the employer, just like we do here in the Federal Government. That is the way business works, that is the way it works here, that is the way it works in the private sector. We have extended some benefits to the private sector that we in the Government have had for many years. I think that is a good thing to do. It is time for us to take on the burdens of the private sector. I ask for support for this bill.”