On the recordApril 15, 2013
This bill doesn't threaten the Federal employees. It only threatens the Federal employees who don't pay their Federal taxes. You pay your taxes because you get your income from the taxpayers. It doesn't affect you. What I hear continually, Mr. Speaker, is, Oh, no problem here. Don't worry about it. It's $1 billion in uncollected taxes. For far too long, this Congress has ignored this. They keep giving contractors contracts up to the tune of $5 billion a year. I introduced that bill as well. So to suggest, Mr. Speaker, that this bill is unfair, it's unwarranted, it's going to harm Federal employees---it's going to protect Federal employees, because the ones who are doing the right job, that are patriotic, are protected under this bill. Only those who thumb their noses and won't pay their taxes are the ones who should be scared of this bill. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Maryland is recognized for 15 seconds.
