Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of this compromise worked out by our chairman, the gentleman from Missouri [Mr. Clay], with strong help from the gentleman from Maryland [Mr. Hoyer], both of whom have worked very hard, not only recently trying to work out a compromise with the Senate, but also in developing this bill to the point where we are now. Mr. Speaker, the gentleman from Missouri [Mr. Clay] has very accurately described what is in this. The important thing is that this legislation, now offered as a compromise, provides all the protection for any possible abuse that might happen if employees took the $25,000, came back to work for the Agency. They cannot do that. It protects the taxpayers in this respect. It also has the right of coming back in for contract. It also gives that protection, but it is a fair way to approach this. Wearing my other hat on the Committee on Appropriations where I serve, Mr. Speaker, I asked a number of the Secretaries of the Departments coming before our Committee on Appropriations what impact, how this legislation would work, and all have testified exactly the same way with the same kind of testimony.”