Political Quotes

“Mr. Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chair, I insert in the Record an article from The Washington Post that reports the Federal Salary Council, the official monitor of Federal pay, found that Federal workers make an average of 30 percent less than their private-sector counterparts. [From the Washington Post, Nov. 14, 2018] Federal Employee Salaries Lag by Average of 31 Percent, Pay Group Reports (By Eric Yoder) Federal employee salaries on average lag behind those of the private sector by almost 31 percent, an advisory council said Tuesday, while splitting between union and non-union members on whether to recommend potential changes in the way it arrives at that figure. The average salary difference of 30.91 percent reported by the Federal Salary Council is somewhat smaller than the 31.86 percent it reported at a special meeting it held April. The figures of prior years were in the 34 to 35 percent range. Those figures, based on two Labor Department surveys covering some 250 occupations, stand in contrast to assessments of some conservative and libertarian organizations that have concluded that the advantage is about the same or even greater in favor of federal employees. The Congressional Budget Office last year essentially split the difference.…”