Mike Simpson actually said...

"They ought to all be treated equally."

"We don't want to be forced into a position where all of a sudden that, because of the annual appropriation process, you are going to have to lay off a couple thousand people or something like that."

"We are hearing from the Tribes and every entity. They train the law enforcement officers, and the law enforcement officers then go to the cities, you know, that have higher pay."

"I appreciate that comment, and I think you are right."