Political Quotes

“Unfortunately this amendment is a day late and a dollar short. It requires the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to study the extent of discrimination against job applicants based on age and make recommendations of best practices to prevent discrimination. This study could possibly yield useful information, but it is information we should have obtained before we vote on H.R. 3992. Further, the amendment tacitly acknowledges that we need more information before we vote on this bill. This is classic ready, fire, aim. The Committee on Education and Labor rushed to mark up H.R. 3992 only a month after it was introduced without holding a single hearing on the bill, a measure which is sorely lacking the examination that it deserves. However, the information we do have more than suggests that this bill is unnecessary. The Age Discrimination in Employment Act already prohibits discrimination against job applicants because of age. Moreover, older workers have done well in the job market in recent decades. Again, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, for workers age 65 and older, employment tripled from 1988 to 2018, while employment among younger workers only grew by about a third. This amendment, which requires a study after the underlying bill has already been signed into law, does nothing to address the problems in the bill. H.R.…”