Political Quotes

“I rise in strong support of this legislation. It is critical that we pass it today, move it on and, hopefully, have the Senate pass it so we can avoid, if it all possible, involuntary separations which are costly for the Government and very unfair to our employees, and I want to congratulate the gentleman from Missouri [Mr. Clay] for his leadership on this issue. He has worked, I know, he and his staff, very hard to get us to this point in time, and I also want to thank the ranking member, the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. Myers], my good friend, who has also worked very hard and very constructively to get us to this point. Mr. Speaker, I urge immediate passage of this legislation. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commend Chairman Clay for his efforts to resolve the deadlock that has been reached regarding the buyout for Federal Employees. There is no question that if we do not act today, and resolve this issue this week, that most Federal agencies will face the very wrenching and disruptive procedure of carrying out reductions in force to stay within their appropriated amounts for salaries and expenses.”