Political Quotes

“I want to recognize Chairman Kline, Ranking Member Miller, Chairman Walberg, and Ranking Member Woolsey for their collaboration on this important legislation to update federal workers' compensation policy. The Federal Workers' Compensation Modernization and Improvement Act is a result of bipartisan collaboration on the Education and Workforce Committee, and it is the kind of legislation Congress should produce more often. It will save $22 million for the federal government by reducing fraudulent payments, including $16 million for the Postal Service. The Federal Workers' Compensation Modernization and Improvement Act provides a long overdue update of the Federal Employees Compensation Act (FECA). The Federal Employees Compensation Act is important because it provides workers who are injured on the job with replacement income to substitute for wages that they would have earned but for an on-the- job injury. Consider how outdated the statute is today: Workers whose face or head is severely disfigured by an on-the-job injury only can receive $3,500 in compensation today, based on an antiquated formula established in 1949. Clearly, $3,500 cannot compensate for lost earnings potential as a result of severe head and face injuries, so this bill updates it to $50,000. This legislation also updates the definition of war-related injuries to include terrorist attacks, a commonsense reform to reflect new realities.…”