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Lee Metcalf: “Mr. Speaker, I respectfully submit that no Member should be paid for a month in which he completely failed to report for…”

On the recordSeptember 28, 1995
Mr. Speaker, I respectfully submit that no Member should be paid for a month in which he completely failed to report for work and was sentenced to jail. Under the law, the Speaker has the authority to deduct from Members' salaries for each day they are absent from the House, unless the Member was absent for his sickness or family sickness. Mr. Speaker, today I am submitting a letter to Speaker Gingrich, signed by quite a few Members of the House, requesting him to stop this Member's collection of over $11,000 of taxpayers' money for September's salary.
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Lee Metcalf
Montana

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Addressing the issue of a Member of Congress facing sentencing and missed votes.

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