Barack Obama actually said...

I concluded that a two-year freeze in the upward statutory adjustment of pay schedules is a necessary first step in our effort to address the challenge of our fiscal reality.

Context

Memorandum on Freezing Federal Employee Pay Schedules and Rates That Are Set by Administrative Discretion

12/21/2010

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