Will Annie Kuster Stand Up For New Hampshire’s Families?
FYI, a similar version of this release below went out to the following districts: Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ-01), Ron Barber (AZ-02), Kyrsten Sinema (AZ-09), John Garamendi (CA-03), Ami Bera (CA-07), Jim Costa (CA-16), Lois Capps (CA-24), Julia Brownley (CA-26), Raul Ruiz (CA-36), Scott Peters (CA-52), Jim Himes (CT-04), Elizabeth Esty (CT-05), Alan Grayson (FL-09), Patrick Murphy (FL-18), Lois Frankel (FL-22), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23), Joe Garcia (FL-26), Brad Schneider (IL-10), Bill Foster (IL-11), Bill Enyart (IL-12), Cheri Bustos (IL-17), Dave Loebsack (IA-02), John Tierney (MA-06), Bill Keating (MA-09), Tim Walz (MN-01), Collin Peterson (MN-07), Rick Nolan (MN-08), Steven Horsford (NV-04), Carol Shea-Porter (NH-01), Mike McIntyre (NC-07), Tim Bishop (NY-01), Steve Israel (NY-03), Carolyn McCarthy (NY-04), Sean Patrick Maloney (NY-18), Bill Owens (NY-21), Dan Maffei (NY-24), Louise Slaughter (NY-25), Peter DeFazio (OR-04), Kurt Schrader (OR-05), Pete Gallego (TX-23), Jim Matheson (UT-04), Suzan DelBene (WA-01), and Nick Rahall (WV-03).
The Working Families Flexibility Act Is Scheduled For A Vote, Where Does Kuster Stand?
WASHINGTON – New Hampshire’s hard-working families are wondering, will Annie Kuster finally stand up for them? Kuster is expected to vote tomorrow on The Working Families Flexibility Act, and she has been silent on this issue for too long.
The Act, which would provide private sector employees the same flexibility and compensation benefits as government bureaucrats, is expected on the House floor tomorrow for a vote. This commonsense, practical legislation would give working families greater freedom and flexibility when caring for their families outside of the work place.
“Annie Kuster owes it to the thousands of working families in New Hampshire to support this sensible legislation,” said NRCC Communications Director Andrea Bozek. “Most mothers in America are part of our country’s workforce, and it’s time that Annie Kuster stood up for them and voted ‘yes’ for this reasonable, pro-family bill.”
64.4 percent of mothers with kids under 18 work for pay. (As of 2010, per U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics) (“Working Moms: The Data and the Politics.” By Gary Langer, ABC News. 4/12/12)
The labor force participation rate–the percent of the population working or looking for work–for all mothers with children under age 18 was 70.6 percent in 2011. (“Employment Characteristics of Families Summary.” The Bureau of Labor Statistics, 4/26/12)
The legislation would amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to allow employers to offer private-sector employees the choice of paid time off in lieu of cash wages for overtime hours worked. (H.R. 1406, The Working Families Flexibility Act of 2013, Education & The Workforce Committee. 4/9/13)