0:27
Patty Murray
46:54 - 47:21
“if this draft rule is finalized, which is what my question was to you, it is 3.7 million workers, home care workers, who will be stripped of minimum wage and overtime protections. That's how many home care workers the department is ripping away minimum wage and overtime protections from.”
- Speaker
- Patty Murray
- Timestamp
- 46:54 – 47:21
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- July 16, 2026
From the transcript
When 40 hours hit, they would get a different person. I'm out of time, and I'm going to correct the record here because if the If this draft rule is finalized, which is what my question was to you, it is 3.7 million workers, home care workers, who will be stripped of minimum wage and overtime protections. That's how many home care workers the department is ripping away minimum wage and overtime protections from. And Mr. Chairman, to me, that is anti-worker. Thank you.
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