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GOP Lawmaker Laments Workers' Laziness In Hearing About Overtime Pay

www.huffpost.com Republican Chooses The Worst Place To Whine About Americans Not Working Enough

“There’s just a lot of people in this country that don’t want to work, period,” Rep. Virginia Foxx said during a hearing about people who work too much.

Republican Chooses The Worst Place To Whine About Americans Not Working Enough

“There’s just a lot of people in this country that don’t want to work, period,” Rep. Virginia Foxx said during a hearing about people who work too much.

House Republicans held a hearing Wednesday throwing cold water on President Joe Biden’s plan to give more workers overtime protections.

Even though the hearing was about employees who work long hours, the GOP chair of the House Committee on Education & the Workforce took a moment to argue that too many Americans don’t want to work at all.

“There’s just a lot of people in this country that don’t want to work, period … and want other people to take care of them,” said Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.).

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Upset because you're forced to do mandatory unpaid overtime? This state GOP rep says you don't want to work at all, and you want other people to take care of you

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