On the recordApril 15, 2021
Mr. Speaker, I rise today in opposition to H.R. 7. This bill is a solution in search of a problem, and it does nothing to help employees. In reality, the bill would only boost paychecks for trial lawyers and not workers. H.R. 7 places unworkable, burdensome restrictions on employers, and also poses a threat to worker privacy. Even more, this bill would kill the Christmas bonus by effectively prohibiting employers from paying end-of-the-year bonuses to their employees. This hardly seems fair to an employee, despite the title of the bill. Republicans tried to strengthen the bill during the committee markup. My colleague, Ms. Stefanik, offered an amendment that would have made commonsense improvements to the text, but that amendment was rejected by the Democrats. I urge a ``no'' vote on the bill. We should not allow trial lawyers and burdensome restrictions to kill the Christmas bonus under the false guise of fairness.
