Kendrick Meek: “I certainly support this bill as it is presently constituted. I think what we have here is perhaps a fairer approach to…”

“I certainly support this bill as it is presently constituted. I think what we have here is perhaps a fairer approach to the reduction in force process. Mr. Speaker, I want to compliment the committee for the soft landing kinds of initiatives which they have in the bill, and the many other strong things that will help Federal workers, particularly when we are reducing in force. Certainly we want to pay tribute to the many Federal workers to whom this may apply. We want everyone to be treated fairly, and that is what this Congress wants to do. I do not feel any pull for any special interest in this, but more or less the interests of the people involved. That has been my major interest all along, in all of my career work in public life. Mr. Speaker, I want to say again, by removing this I give my full support, and I know that the 11,000 Federal workers in my district and the almost 2 million throughout the country will be grateful.”