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Sheila Jackson Lee: It is ridiculous to say that Federal employees have been paid too much. They have been victims of attacks of, What do…

On the recordJanuary 30, 2019
It is ridiculous to say that Federal employees have been paid too much. They have been victims of attacks of, What do these people do? There have been charges of waste, fraud, and abuse. With the government shutdown we know what these workers do. They take care of our parks, they keep them safe. They keep the airways, the aviation industry, the aviation system in America and around the world alive with the best air traffic controllers in the world. They protect the airports with TSOs. Mr. Speaker, I support enthusiastically the 2.6 percent increase. Let's do it now. Let the President sign the bill.
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Sheila Jackson Lee
Democratic · Texas
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Jan 30, 2019

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