I also urge the other body to act on H.R. 4786, which we passed March 10, to correct an additional problem created by the filibuster in the Senate that caused highway authorization to lapse and 1,922 Federal Highway Administration career employees to lose their salaries. They, through no fault of their own, get a 20 percent cut in their biweekly pay check. That's unreasonable. Now we've sent over a bill to the other body with a very clear payment restructuring.
Oberstar addresses the impact of a Senate filibuster on highway funding and federal employees' salaries.
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