Burgess Owens: “Mr. Chairman, in the wee hours of this morning I was informed that my first grandchild was born, and I assure my…”

“Mr. Chairman, in the wee hours of this morning I was informed that my first grandchild was born, and I assure my colleagues I pursue my concern with the future of America with a renewed fervor. As a result of that, I would like to see an America that is for everybody, liberty and justice for all, and we share the prosperity. I want to make it quite clear that we can have a comp time bill that serves everybody's need. We do not have to grab for it all. We can have a bill which allows the upper middle class people who want this to have it, and the same time let us exempt three-quarters of the work force who earn $10 or less, three-quarters of the work force earn $10 or less. This amendment says we should exempt them. We just voted on a sunset provision. We can come back in 5 years and examine what happened and maybe add them then, but let us exempt them from this radical experiment in labor law. We do not need to do this. We can have a win/win situation by letting the two-thirds of the work force earning $10 an hour or less not be a part of this bill.”