Darrell Issa: “Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As I close, I think it is important that we take Mr. Hoyer's very words. First of all, he said…”

“Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As I close, I think it is important that we take Mr. Hoyer's very words. First of all, he said ``Mr. President'' before ``Mr. Speaker,'' which got me to remind myself that the President is responsible for sequestration, something we're trying to avoid. The President has offered no viable alternative to sequestration. The President avoided $5 trillion worth of new revenue because he wanted to say he was only sticking it to the rich or, as Mr. Hoyer would say, those people who earn more money in 10 minutes than this amount. {time} 1040 The thing that I want everyone to understand that the gentleman from Maryland said that is so right, this is only a quarter of a percent. He's right, this is a very small amount. It's $1 billion total over the Federal workforce for the remainder of this fiscal year. And over the last 2 years, this is how much the increase has been: $3,328 or about $1,500, $1,600 a year is how much the Federal workforce has got in a pay increase while they were under a freeze. The reason it's only a quarter of a percent when you see about a 5 percent increase in the last 2 years in actual compensation is the Federal workforce system, Mr.…”