Deborah Koff Ross: “Reclaiming my time, while I understand where my colleague from Virginia is taking my comments from, I must submit that…”

“Reclaiming my time, while I understand where my colleague from Virginia is taking my comments from, I must submit that at no time did I allege that the Federal employees, all Federal employees, are committing crimes on official time. I think just the opposite. A vast majority of our Federal employees are probably some of the best workforce that we have out there. I think that, in any workforce, you are going to have some people that don't live up to the standards of their employment. So what I merely do in my opening statement is to say that there has been a need for transparency that includes the abuse of time by some, not by all. Again, the vast majority of Federal employees are exceptional employees, hardworking, and absolutely necessary to run this great country. Mr. Speaker, I ask my good friend from Virginia to please reconsider, and I reserve the balance of my time.”