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out who's doing what chores, who's taking who to school, to practice, or to church youth group the following day. There's a lot of coordination that goes into organizing and managing a family schedule and this only increases when parents have to juggle work commitments on top of family responsibilities. I believe working families should have additional flexibility in order to spend quality time with their children, spouses, or elderly parents.
• This is why I am a proud cosponsor of the Working Families Flexibility Act of 2013, which will allow private-sector workers to either continue to receive overtime pay or receive paid time off, or "comp time," for overtime hours worked. Government employees are already able to use this flexibility, and I believe this option should also be available to private sector employees.
• Washington policies have a reputation of getting in the way of empowering families, businesses and individuals. I believe we can, and we should, do better. In 1975, only 37 percent of American families had both parents working. By 2011, the number of households with two working parents had risen to 59 percent, while over 8.5 million workers manage finances and juggle schedules as single parents. In fact, (Continued on page 4)
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