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Thomas Daschle: The Senator from Montana raises a very good point. It used to be that we considered a workweek working 5 days. The…

On the recordMarch 23, 2000
The Senator from Montana raises a very good point. It used to be that we considered a workweek working 5 days. The workweek is becoming more and more 3 days. Not only that; our work periods are only 3 weeks. Then there is no workweek at all. It is a remarkable juxtaposition. First of all, we have a limited time each week. Then we have these periods for which there is no legislative work. Then we are told we don't have time to bring up the minimum wage. We don't have time to bring up issues that are of importance to families all across this country. The Senator is absolutely right.
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Thomas Daschle
South Dakota

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Discussing the changing nature of the workweek and its impact on legislative priorities.

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