{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://ebjohnson.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congresswoman-eddie-bernice-johnson-issues-statement-in-response-to", "Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson Issues Statement in Response to Preliminary Injunction Delaying the Implementation of the U.S. Department of Labors Overtime Rule", "2016-11-23", "2016", "2016-11", "Democrat", "House", "TX", "Eddie Johnson", "J000126", "ebjohnson.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, DC \u2013 (Wednesday, November 23, 2016) \u2013 Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson issued the following statement after U.S. District Judge Amos L. Mazzant III of the Eastern District of Texas issued a preliminary injunction against the Department of Labor\u2019s (DOL) Overtime Rule.\u00a0 The Overtime Rule, which was scheduled to take effect on December 1, 2016, seeks to double the maximum salary cap for full-time white-collar professionals who are exempt from overtime pay requirements.\n\u201cI strongly disagree with Judge Mazzant\u2019s decision to delay the implementation of this important rule to bring fair pay to everyday white-collar workers,\u201d Congresswoman Johnson said.\u00a0 \u201cThe Overtime Rule represents the culmination of an intensive rule-making process that was conducted in order to harmonize our labor laws with the 21st Century by including more workers under the protection of the Fair Labor Standards Act.\u00a0 More than 40 years ago, 62 percent of full-time salaried workers were covered under the FLSA.\u00a0 Today, that number is closer to just 7 percent of full-time salaried workers.\u00a0 This is unacceptable.\u201d\nJudge Mazzant\u2019s ruling is the fourth time in the past 21 months that a federal judge in Texas has issued an injunction against one of President Barack Obama\u2019s executive orders.\u00a0 The U.S. Department of Labor will need to appeal the decision with the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals if it seeks to overturn the decision.\nIn September, Congresswoman Johnson voted against the deceptively-named H.R. 6094 \u2013 the Regulatory Relief for Small Businesses, Schools, and Nonprofits Act, which would have delayed implementation of the Overtime Rule for six months.\n\u00a0\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["http://ebjohnson.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congresswoman-eddie-bernice-johnson-issues-statement-in-response-to"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.418083906173706, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}