Tom Coburn: “Mr. Speaker, I value the Federal employees that work in my district. This is not about any individual employee. But the…”

“Mr. Speaker, I value the Federal employees that work in my district. This is not about any individual employee. But the average Federal employee's salary in this country is greater than the average salary in this country by $4,000. So they may be unlike comparisons, but there is an unfairness inherently when the average American makes $4,000 more than the average Federal employee.”