Ben Cardin: “I thank my friend from Virginia for yielding. Through the Chair, I thank Senator Warner for his help in making sure we…”

“I thank my friend from Virginia for yielding. Through the Chair, I thank Senator Warner for his help in making sure we do what is right for our Federal workforce. They suffered through furloughs because of sequestration, furloughs because of a government shutdown, freezes in their pay, attacks on their retirement, attacks on their health benefits, and they are asked to do more with fewer people because of freezes in hiring. Yes, we will try to hold them harmless as far as this furlough is concerned, but we have to make sure we attract the very best in public service because of the critical work they do. I thank the Senator very much for his help.”