U.S. Representative for California’s 39th Congressional District
Case
Should Congress adopt Bernie Sanders’s 32-hour-workweek bill? H.R. 10323 would change federal overtime rules for covered nonexempt workers. Sanders and Takano support it; David McIntosh predicts harm.
Role at the time: U.S. representative and House bill sponsor
Responding to
Congress should enact H.R. 10323, the proposed Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act.
“Work has fundamentally changed. It’s time that labor standards caught up.”
Takano explicitly supports the bill and argues for updating labor standards.
Statement dates: September 8, 2026
Statement dates: September 8, 2026
