Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, over the past 2 months, Federal official after Federal official has talked about the need to furlough employees due to sequestration, yet the government continues to hand out millions of dollars in bonuses to Federal employees. Seventy-five percent of senior executive service employees received bonuses, at an average of $13,081. Regular, oftentimes blue-collar Federal workers are facing furloughs while senior employees are cashing in. The FAA has been talking about 90-minute waits for passengers, but yet in fiscal year 2011, they handed out $40,000 bonuses to more than 86 different employees. This is unacceptable, and the recent OMB guidelines don't go far enough. The Common Sense in Compensation Act bill that I am introducing today would prohibit those bonuses for the rest of fiscal year 2013 and cap them at a maximum of 5 percent of the salary going forward. I urge my colleagues to cosponsor my bill. ____________________”