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On the recordJanuary 21, 2013
Might it be a fair statement that the way we are treating Federal employees is going to make it more difficult moving forward to recruit and retain, especially highly skilled sets; freezing salaries for 3 years, raiding their benefits to help finance other unrelated things, public disparagement of their public service and their worth.
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Gerry Connolly
Democratic · Virginia

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Connolly discusses the negative impact of current treatment of federal employees on recruitment and retention.

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