Political Quotes

“I yield the gentlewoman from Connecticut an additional 1 minute. Ms. DeLAURO. Why would we further undermine a worker's ability to bring pay discrimination cases against their employer? We must stand with workers, defend the current definition of joint employers. To those who claim that joint employer status is burdensome or confusing for companies, let me just ask you: What about the burden on millions of Americans who are experiencing pay disparity and pay discrimination? I urge my colleagues, reject this bill. Take a stand for equal pay, for equal work. Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record a letter from our labor leaders rejecting H.R. 3441. July 28, 2017. Dear Representative: We, the undersigned unions representing millions of American workers, are writing to urge you to not support H.R. 3441, the joint employer bill introduced by Representatives Bradley Byrne and Chairwoman Virginia Foxx of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, which would eliminate the National Labor Relation Board's (NLRB) decision in Browning-Ferris, and greatly restrict the definition of employer under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Congress should be working to strengthen the rights of working people and raise wages. The legislation would accomplish the opposite. Over the past few decades, the middle class has been struggling to stay afloat.…”