Political Quotes

“the Federal Workforce Restructuring Act is an important legislative initiative. The administration has testified, and I am persuaded, that the legislation is urgently needed so that we can downsize and rightsize the Federal work force. On February 10, 1994, the House passed its version and on February 11, 1994, the Senate responded promptly by passing its version. The bill with the Senate substitute was returned to the House so that the House could either agree with the Senate or disagree and ask for a conference. The administration says that it will have to start firing Federal employees soon in order to meet budget constraints unless this legislation is immediately enacted. What puzzles me is that the House leadership has taken no action. I am informed that the House leadership plans to take no action. Why. There are two noteworthy differences between the House version and the Senate version. The first flows from the Senate's desire to comply with the 1990 Budget Enforcement Act. The House version contains a $519 million pay-as-you-go violation, as scored by the Congressional Budget Office. It should be noted that it was Chairman Glenn who insisted that this budget problem be solved before floor consideration of the bill.”