We are here on both sides of the aisle this morning on a mission of equity, fairness, even mercy, on behalf of 1,922 career Federal employees of the U.S. Department of Transportation. They were unintended victims of a standoff in the other body, which resulted in a 2-day lapse in the authorization of funding for Federal highway, highway and motor carrier safety, and public transit programs. [...] but these 1,922 employees were collateral damage.
Oberstar addresses the impact of a funding lapse on Federal employees due to Senate standoffs.
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