On the recordMarch 1, 2011
This legislation, as drafted, does not increase or decrease the salary. If you withhold it, and if the President felt that was a violation, he himself would have to challenge it.
“This legislation, as drafted, does not increase or decrease the salary. If you withhold it, and if the President felt that was a violation, he himself would have to challenge it.”
Speaker Boxer discusses the implications of the legislation on salary adjustments.
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