Political Quotes

“Madam President, I simply offer that modification to my amendment to address the concern that every single Federal employee is going to be capped at some level for some foreseeable period of time. That is not the intention. In fact, what the modification would do is ensure that within the overall budget--within the top line--a manager could make adjustments to individual employee salaries or bonuses if that is something they desire to do. It just means the Federal Government--the agency--is going to have to live within a certain number at the top line. They can work within that salary number beneath that top line. That is all it does. Again, what I have said before, and I will reiterate for the benefit of my colleagues, is that I think we have a responsibility to be fiscally responsible in Washington, DC. As I said before, we have people all over the country making hard decisions with regard to their personal and family budgets, with regard to their small businesses, and they are having to reduce employee salaries, for example, and they are having to make reductions in force and let people go. Those are hard decisions to make.…”