Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, my bill, H.R. 1541, brings common sense to the policies governing Federal employee bonuses while still providing agencies flexibility to recognize outstanding performance. In fiscal year 2011, 75 percent of Senior Executive Service employees throughout the Federal Government received bonuses at an average of nearly $11,000 per person. The government's decision to furlough hundreds of regular, often blue-collar, Federal workers while senior employees cash in is unacceptable. Americans are rapidly losing trust in government as the list of abuses by Federal agencies grows, but bureaucrats continue collecting large bonuses at the expense of hardworking taxpayers. The IRS is a prime example. Between the years of 2006 to 2012, IRS Director of Exempt Organizations, Lois Lerner, was paid a combined total of $110,035 in bonuses. Faris Fink, the senior IRS official best known for his starring role as Mr. Spock in a ``Star Trek'' parody at the IRS conference received some $149,506 in bonuses between 2007 and 2012. The Federal Aviation Administration is another example. It threatened 90-minute delays for airline passengers in the weeks leading up to sequestration. However, the FAA handed out more than $12 million in bonuses during fiscal year 2012 despite knowing that sequestration was likely to occur. These bonuses exemplify Washington's spending problem.…”