Steve Lynch: “I would like to begin by saying that right now, with respect to tax delinquency and enforcing the tax laws against…”

“I would like to begin by saying that right now, with respect to tax delinquency and enforcing the tax laws against Federal employees, we have greater protections right now in place against those Federal employees than exist against any other employee in America today. We have the ability to remove them from their jobs. We have the ability to garnish their wages. We have the ability to demand of them compliance with the tax law that is much more difficult to implement against the average private sector employee. So I do not think that the measures here and the 'seriously delinquent' category that does not exist under the IRS Tax Code well serves the underlying purpose of this bill. I do want to say that prohibiting collective bargaining activity while teleworking is also a question of possible violation with other statutes that I believe may be infringed upon by this motion.”