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[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 382 Introduced in House (IH)]

110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 382

     Recognizing the important social and labor contributions and 
 accomplishments of Congresswoman Mary T. Norton of New Jersey on the 
           70th anniversary of the Fair Labor Standards Act.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 25, 2008

Ms. DeLauro (for herself, Mr. Sires, Mr. Holt, Ms. Lee, Ms. Matsui, Ms. 
Woolsey, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Ms. Kaptur, Ms. Sutton, Mrs. Capps, Mr. 
  Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Payne, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Rothman, and Mr. 
Scott of Virginia) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which 
          was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

 
     Recognizing the important social and labor contributions and 
 accomplishments of Congresswoman Mary T. Norton of New Jersey on the 
           70th anniversary of the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Whereas Congresswoman Mary Norton was the 6th woman to serve in the United 
        States Congress;
Whereas Congresswoman Norton was the first woman elected to the United States 
        Congress from east of the Mississippi;
Whereas Congresswoman Norton was elected to the 69th Congress and the 12 
        succeeding Congresses;
Whereas Congresswoman Norton was the first woman to head a Committee of the 
        House;
Whereas Congresswoman Norton became the chair of 3 committees during her time in 
        Congress--Veterans Affairs, the District of Columbia, and Labor;
Whereas Congresswoman Norton played an instrumental role as Chair of the 
        Committee on Labor in the passage of the Fair Labor Standards Act;
Whereas after much opposition and despite the original version of the Fair Labor 
        Standards Act being defeated, the Congresswoman produced another version 
        of the legislation which passed the House on May 24, 1938, by a vote of 
        314 to 97;
Whereas President Roosevelt signed the Fair Labor Standards Act into law on June 
        25, 1938;
Whereas the Fair Labor Standards Act established a national minimum wage, set 
        standards in overtime pay, prohibited cruel child labor, and was the 
        formative legislation for the labor laws and standards of the Nation;
Whereas Congresswoman Norton was a catalyst in the passage of this influential 
        labor legislation; and
Whereas Congresswoman Norton was a champion of the American worker: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That Congress--
            (1) recognizes the important social and labor contributions 
        and accomplishments of Congresswoman Mary T. Norton of New 
        Jersey on the 70th anniversary of the Fair Labor Standards Act; 
        and
            (2) acknowledges the importance and the role that the Fair 
        Labor Standards Act of 1938 played in shaping today's labor 
        standards, especially minimum wage, overtime pay, child labor 
        laws, and equal pay.
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