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On the recordMarch 23, 1994
I appreciate, on behalf of the Federal employees whom I represent, and those all over this country, the efforts that the gentleman from Missouri has made to try to do the reduction which this House voted on and the other body voted on on a number of occasions, in the most humane but also the best managerial method available to us. This legislation, I suggest to you and to the American public, has almost unanimous consent on this floor. One of the reasons that Americans are so frustrated with the Congress of the United States is demonstrated in this bill. We have made a policy judgment as a Congress and as an executive that we should reduce by 252,000 employees the complement of Federal employees which serve the people of this country.
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Steny Hoyer
Democratic · Maryland

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Discussing the reduction of Federal employees during a debate on related legislation.

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