Vice President Joe Biden touted in the weekly White House address on Saturday how the Obama administration has relied on executive authority to overstep the Republican-led Congress in its work to modernize wage laws.

“Over the last eight years, we’ve worked with Congress … and when Republicans in Congress didn’t act, we used our executive authority to extend overtime coverage for over 4 million workers — boosting their wages by $12 billion over the next decade,” Biden said. “We’ve given additional paid sick leave to more than 1.1 million workers employed by federal contractors — and we’re requiring that those workers earn at least $10.10 per hour.”