Political Quotes

“I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Add at the end of title XI of division A the following: SEC. 11__. REPORT ON USE OF TAXPAYER-FUNDED OFFICIAL TIME. (a) Report.-- (1) In general.--Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report describing the use of taxpayer-funded official time, as authorized by section 7131 of title 5, United States Code. (2) Elements.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall include the following: (A) The total aggregate number of hours spent on official time by Department of Defense employees for fiscal years 2021, 2022, and 2023, as well as the overall cost to the Department of official time use during each of those periods. (B) The total number of Department of Commerce employees who used official time, in any amount, during fiscal years 2021, 2022, and 2023. (C) For those Department of Defense employees who used official time during fiscal years 2021, 2022, and 2023, the total number who used 100 percent official time. (D) A description of how many employees utilized official time during fiscal years 2021, 2022, and 2023 in the following amounts: (i) 99-75 percent of total work hours. (ii) 74-50 percent of total work hours. (iii) 49-25 percent of total work hours. (iv) Less than 25 percent of total work hours.…”