Political Quotes

“I too would like to recognize the gentlemen from Virginia, Mr. Wolf and Mr. Moran, for their leadership in bringing this forward and for the leadership on both sides of the aisle. This is absolutely necessary. I rise today in strong support of the Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act. And I'm proud to be part of a bipartisan group of cosponsors to make sure that this is something that got done and is being done in the best interests of our great Federal workforce. This bill should really be called the ``Pay Certainty Act'' because that's exactly what it will do, provide certainty for our Federal employees who, through no fault of their own, were told that they were not allowed to come to work effective October 1. Our Nation's dedicated civil servants have already been asked to shoulder the burden of numerous efforts to reduce government spending. We all know that it is a shared sacrifice. But they don't expect to do it alone. And I've talked to many Federal employees who are willing to do their part. But like everyone else has said, they don't expect to shoulder these cuts alone.…”