Edward Livingston said "I agree with the gentleman's conclusions. This Congress has made great strides in making deep cuts in the Federal budget. To date, the appropriations process has yielded net savings in fiscal year 1995 and 1996 of approximately $44 billion, and it would be highly untenable for the Congress to say, 'Well, we are going to cut the rest of the Federal budget, but we are going to go ahead and allow our own pay to escalate.' So I join the gentleman, and I suspect that the vast majority of the Members of this House will join him. The Senate has already gone on record as supporting this effort, and so this effort is merely to conform with what the Senate has already done. But let me say that I also have some grave concern that pay, unfortunately, becomes an aspect, an ingredient to a degree of short term politics." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordSeptember 8, 1995

I agree with the gentleman's conclusions. This Congress has made great strides in making deep cuts in the Federal budget. To date, the appropriations process has yielded net savings in fiscal year 1995 and 1996 of approximately $44 billion, and it would be highly untenable for the Congress to say, 'Well, we are going to cut the rest of the Federal budget, but we are going to go ahead and allow our own pay to escalate.' So I join the gentleman, and I suspect that the vast majority of the Members of this House will join him. The Senate has already gone on record as supporting this effort, and so this effort is merely to conform with what the Senate has already done. But let me say that I also have some grave concern that pay, unfortunately, becomes an aspect, an ingredient to a degree of short term politics.

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Edward Livingston

Louisiana

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Editor's note · Context

Expressing support for an amendment related to congressional pay in the context of federal budget cuts.

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