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Steve Lynch: Just one final point before I yield. The gentleman is correct, we did address contractor caps on pay in the NDAA, but we…

On the recordJuly 31, 2013
Just one final point before I yield. The gentleman is correct, we did address contractor caps on pay in the NDAA, but we capped it at $950,000 a year. That's a far cry from anything that any Federal employee is earning here. As I mentioned before, the head of our VA hospitals makes $179,700. That's the max. Meanwhile, private contractors working for the Federal Government are making $950,000 this year, in 2013, with the NDAA caps in place. I'm just saying, what's good for the goose is good for the gander. There's an opportunity in this bill to cap these salaries, and we have not done that. With that, I yield back the balance of my time.
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Steve Lynch
Democratic · Massachusetts
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Jul 31, 2013

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