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Andrea Joy Campbell: But to put it in some perspective, since it seems to get an awful lot of discussion, particularly in election years…

On the recordJuly 17, 1997
But to put it in some perspective, since it seems to get an awful lot of discussion, particularly in election years, about Congress people and Senators getting an increase in salaries, I thought I would contact the Congressional Research Service and find out just how much taxpayers' money goes into salaries for Congressmen and Senators. They tell me that one-tenth of one penny--one-tenth of one penny--is the average amount a taxpayer pays to congressional salaries.
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Andrea Joy Campbell
Massachusetts

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Discussing congressional salaries and cost-of-living increases during Senate floor debate.

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