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Jared Bernstein »
Director
Living Standards Program
Economic Policy Institute -
Diana Furchtgott-Roth »
Senior Fellow
Center for Employment Policy
Hudson Institute - Robert Greenstein » Executive Director Center on Budget & Policy Priorities
- Nell Minow » Editor and Co-Founder The Corporate Library
The House Education and Labor Committee held a hearing on Tuesday, July 15 to examine the U.S. Department of Labor's record of enforcing the nation's wage and hour laws. The Government Accountability Office highlighted the results of two separate investigations requested by the chairman of the committee, U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-CA), into the Labor Department’s failures to fully investigate and properly address violations of the law.
Seventy years ago last month, President Franklin Roosevelt signed the landmark Fair Labor Standards Act into law. The law has provided generations of Americans with basic rights to minimum wages, overtime pay, and a ban on oppressive child labor. However, critics say that the Bush administration has failed to protect workers from a growing problem of "wage theft" by adopting weak approaches to enforcement and reducing funding and staffing levels of the Wage and Hour Division, the agency responsible for investigating complaints of wage, hour, and child labor violations.
- Kim Bobo » Founder and Executive Director Interfaith Worker Justice
- Greg Kutz » Managing Director of Forensic Audits and Special Investigations Government Accountability Office
- Anne-Marie Lasowski » Acting Director of Education, Workforce and Income Security Issues Government Accountability Office
- Alexander Passantino » Acting Administrator, Wage and Hour Division U.S Department of Labor
- Donna Dolan » Chair New York State Paid Family Leave Coalition New York, New York
- Julienne Condos » Director of Program & Development for Rehabilitation St. Charles Hospital Rocky Point, New York
- George Blekas » Outside Field Technician Verizon Manorville, New York
- Barbara Wankoff » Director of Workplace Solutions KPMG Montvale, New Jersey
- The Honorable Leon R. Sequeira » Assistant Secretary for Policy U.S. Department of Labor Washington, DC
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William L. Carlson, Ph.D. »
Administrator
Office of Foreign Labor Certification
Employment and Training Administration
U.S. Department of Labor Washington, DC - Bruce Goldstein » Executive Director Farmworker Justice Washington, DC
- Javier Riojas » Attorney/Branch Manager Texas RioGrande Legal Aid Eagle Pass, Texas
- John Young » Past Executive Director New England Apple Council Goffstown, New Hampshire
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Dr. Andrew Sum »
Director/Professor
Center for Labor Market Studies
Northeastern University Boston, Massachusetts - Bill Beardall » Director Equal Justice Center Austin, Texas
- The Honorable Victoria Lipnic » Assistant Secretary for Employment Standards U.S. Department of Labor Washington, D.C.
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The Honorable Pat Schroeder »
Former U.S. Representative (D-CO)
Original sponsor of the Family and Medical Leave Act Washington, DC - Chante Lasco » New Mother Easton, Maryland
- Jennifer Hunt » Airline Attendant Richmond, Virginia
- Brenda Cossette » Testifying on behalf of the Society for Human Resource Management Alexandria, Virginia
- Debra Ness » President National Partnership for Women and Families Washington, DC
- Nancy Davenport-Ennis » CEO National Patient Advocate Foundation Washington, DC
- John Farrell » Founder J.J. Farrell Associates Cheshire, Connecticut
- Rita Gould » Retired Professor Killingworth, Connecticut
- Donna Horoschak » Vice President of Product Policy America's Health Insurance Plans
- James Stirling » CEO Stirling Benefits Milford, Connecticut
- Robert Tessier » Executive Director Connecticut Coalition of the Taft-Hartley Health Fund Cheshire, Connecticut
- Bradford P. Campbell » Assistant Secretary of Labor Employee Benefits Security Administration
- David Certner » Director of Federal Affairs AARP
- Jon Chambers » Principal Schultz, Collins, Lawson, Chambers, Inc.
- Lew Minsky » Senior Attorney Florida Power & Light Co.
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Matthew H. Scanlan »
Managing Director
Americas Institutional Business Barclays Global Investors - Tommy Thomasson » President and CEO Daily Access Corporation
- Honorable Christopher Dodd » U.S. Senator for the State of Connecticut
- Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton » U.S. Senator for the State of New York
- Honorable Darrell Issa » U.S. Representative for the 49th District of California
- Sarah Wade » Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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Jessica Perdew »
Deputy Director
Government Relations National Military Family Association Alexandria, Virginia - Christine Vion-Gillespie » Society of Human Resource Management Cary, North Carolina
- Debra L. Ness » President National Partnership for Women & Families Washington, D.C.
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Dr. Evelyn Murphy »
President
WAGE Project, Inc.
Resident Scholar Women’s Research Center
Brandeis University Boston, Massachusetts - Joseph Sellers » Partner Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, PLLC Washington, DC
- Marcia Greenberger » Co-President National Women’s Law Center Washington, DC
- Camille A. Olson » Partner Seyfarth Shaw, LLP Chicago, Illinois
- Congressman Patrick Kennedy » First District of Rhode Island
- Congressman Jim Ramstad » Third District of Minnesota
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Rosalynn Carter »
Former First Lady of the United States
Chairwoman Carter Center’s Mental Health Task Force Atlanta, Georgia -
David Wellstone »
Son of Former U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone
Co-Founder
Wellstone Action Saint Paul, Minnesota - Sean Dilweg » Insurance Commissioner State of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin
- Amy Smith » Vice President Mental Health Association of Colorado Denver, Colorado
- Steve Melek » Actuary Milliman, Inc. Denver, Colorado
- Neil Trautwein » Employee Benefits Policy Counsel National Retail Federation Washington, DC
- Jon Breyfogle » Executive Principal Groom Law Group Washington, DC
Items Submitted for the Record:
- Maria McFarland » Principal Specialist on Colombia Human Rights Watch
- Daniel Kovalik, Esq. » Associate General Counsel United Steelworkers
- Edwin Guzman » Former Sergeant National Army, Republic of Colombia
- Francisco Ramirez » President Sintraminercol
- Ambassador Otto J. Reich » President Otto Reich Associates, LLC
Protection and Money: U.S. Companies, Their Employees, and Violence in Colombia »
Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions & Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Joint Hearing with the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight & Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere
Thursday, June 28, 2007
- Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro » Third District of Connecticut
- Congresswoman Judy Biggert » Thirteenth District of Illinois
- Missy Quarberg » Amery, Wisconsin
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Barbara Wankoff »
Director
Workplace Solutions KPMG Montvale, New Jersey - Melissa Lindsay » Bookkeeper Marlin Steel Wire Products Baltimore, Maryland
- Kristen Rowe Finkbeiner » Co-Founder Moms Rising Kirkland, Washington
- Lilly Ledbetter » Plaintiff in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Former Goodyear Employee
- Wade Henderson » President and CEO Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
- Prof. Deborah Brake » University of Pittsburgh School of Law
- Neal D. Mollen » On Behalf of the US Chamber of Commerce
- Congressman Dale Kildee » 5th Congressional District of Michigan
- Kevin O’Connor » Assistant to the General President International Association of Firefighters (IAFF) Washington, D.C.
- Wayne Seybold » Mayor Marion, Indiana
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Paul Nunziato »
Police Officer
NY/NJ Port Authority
Vice President
Police Benevolent Association (PBA) New York City, New York - Professor William Banks » Syracuse University Syracuse, New York
- R. Theodore Clark, Jr. » Partner Seyfarth Shaw, LLP Chicago, Illinois
- Neil Reichenberg » Executive Director International Public Management Association for Human Resources Arlington, Virginia
- Congressman John Tierney » Sixth District of Massachusetts
- Congressman Tom Price » Sixth District of Georgia
- Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin » Second District of Wisconsin
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Mila Kofman, J.D. »
Associate Research Professor
Health Policy Institute
Georgetown University Washington, D.C. -
John Colmers »
Secretary
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (MDHMH)
State of Maryland Baltimore, Maryland -
Steven Goldman »
Commissioner
Department of Banking and Insurance
State of New Jersey Trenton, New Jersey - John Morrison » Auditor and Commissioner of Insurance and Securities State of Montana
- Amy Moore » Partner Covington & Burling, LLP Washington, DC
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Kevin Covert »
Vice President and Deputy General
Counsel for Human Resources Honeywell International, Inc.
- Roger King » Jones Day San Diego, California
- Sarah Fox » AFL-CIO Washington, D.C.
- Lori Gay » Salt Lake City, Utah
- Bill Tambussi, Esquire » Cooper University Hospital Camden, New Jersey
- The Honorable Rose DeLauro » U.S. Congresswoman Third District of Connecticut
- The Honorable Eleanor Holmes Norton (No Written Testimony Available) U.S. Congresswoman Washington, D.C.
- Catherine Hill » Research Director American Association of University Women Washington, D.C.
- Heaher Boushey » Senior Economist Center for Economic and Policy Research Washington, D.C.
- Dedra Farmer » Plaintiff in the Walmart Sex-Discrimination Class Action Suit Lawrence, Kansas
- Diana Furchtgott-Roth » Director Center for Employment Policy Hudson Institute Washingt, D.C
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Joan Alker »
Deputy Executive Director
Center for Children and Families Senior Researcher
Health Policy Institute Georgetown University
Washington, DC - Brian England » Owner British American Auto Repair Columbia, Maryland
- Andrew Webber » President and Chief Executive Officer National Business Coalition on Health Washington, D.C.
- Linda Blumberg, Ph.D » Economist and Principal Research Associate Urban Institute Washington, DC
- Richard Trumka » Secretary-Treasurer AFL-CIO
- Judy Feder » Dean Georgetown Public Policy Institute Georgetown University
- William T. Archey » President and Chief Executive Officer AeA
- Dr. Lynn A. Karoly » Senior Economist Rand Corporation
- Jacob Hacker, Ph.D » Professor Yale University
- Eileen Applebaum » Director Center for Women and Work Rutgers University
- Christian Weller » Senior Economist Center for American Progress
- Rosemary Miller » Flight attendant
- Diana Furchtgott-Roth » Director Center for Employment Policy
- Kellie Johnson » President ACE Clearwater Enterprises, Inc.
- Panel I:
- Congresswoman Louise Slaughter » Sponsor of the Genetic Non-Discrimination Information Act (GINA) 28th Congressional District of New York
- Congresswoman Judy Biggert » Lead co-sponsor of the Genetic Non-Discrimination Information Act 13th Congressional District of Illinois
- Panel II:
- Karen Rothenberg » Dean and Marjorie Cook Professor of Law University of Maryland School of Law Baltimore, MD
- David Escher » Former employee Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad Reno, NV
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Harriet Pearson »
Vice President
Corporate Affairs and Chief Privacy Officer IBM Corporation Washington, DC -
Burton J. Fishman »
Partner
Fortney Scott LLP
Genetic Information Nondiscrimination in Employment (GINE) Coalition