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On the recordApril 16, 2024
I mean, how do you justify a 65 percent increase in this when it was just increased, I guess, what, 4 years ago under the Trump administration?
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Shelley Moore Capito
Republican · West Virginia

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Questioning the justification for a significant increase in overtime thresholds.

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