Political Quotes

“I rise to commend the majority leadership for bringing this bill, S. 2, the Senate version of the Congressional Accountability Act, which the House passed on January 4, to the floor today. Consideration of this legislation can be directly traced to you and the new leadership in Congress who were committed to place this long overdue type of legislation on the front burner. This bill, however, is far from perfect. And the full specifics as to the exact manner in which the eleven "place of employment" labor laws shall be applied to congressional employers do not, in many cases, correspond to the manner in which these laws apply to the private sector. In certain instances this is understandable, as in cases where the constitutional requirement of separation of powers proscribes executive agency enforcement of rules against the legislative branch. But, all in all, the fox--Congress--is still very much in charge of the chicken coop--employer and employee place of employment laws--and clearly Members of Congress are being treated in many instances with kid gloves when one looks at the matter from the perspective of the private sector.”