On the recordMay 2, 2017
I thank Chairman Foxx and Chairman Roby for the outstanding job that they have done on this. Listening to my colleagues, you would think that there is a lack of understanding, if you will, to that old saying that women want more time. As one of my constituents asked me today: If you pass this bill, is it going to mean that I can bank my time during tax season, take time and a half and use it to take a field trip or a school trip with my child? I said: Absolutely. Because this is a bill that puts you in charge of how you want to be compensated for overtime work. Do you want the money? Do you want the added time so that you have control of your schedule? Yes, this is about empowering the employee. It is so interesting, the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 put in place something for the public sector. They forgot about the private sector. You could look at this and say, well, it is a correction within the law so that not only public sector employees, but also private sector employees have the ability to say: I choose to have more time at this point in my career. I want the flexibility.
