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Overtime

Floor Speech

Date: Feb. 3, 2015
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Employment and Affirmative Action

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Mr. TAKANO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to show my support for
America's middle class.

Currently, government rules allow for only 11 percent of salaried
workers to be eligible for overtime pay. Contrast that to 1975, when
the income threshold for overtime pay covered 65 percent of our
salaried workers. This is because Department of Labor rules prohibit
workers who earn more than $23,660 a year from earning overtime pay.

Recently, I was joined by more than 30 of my colleagues in calling
for this administration to raise the income threshold to $69,000. At
this level, we could cover the same number of workers who were eligible
in 1975. For 35 years, American workers have increased their
productivity, yet they have not been rewarded. Let's remember that it
is a strong middle class that drives economic growth.

Be bold, Mr. President. Your administration can help middle class
families. Raise the income threshold for overtime pay.

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