House passes 'pay freeze' bill for fed workers

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Don't really sneeze at this freeze the House of Representatives voting today it would send -- pay freeze to all all federal employees.

That would include themselves despite the president's wishes and his -- Nancy you doesn't really fancy either.

I don't think we should do -- I think we should respect the work we do I think it's necessary.

For us to.

Have the dignity of the jobs that we have rewarded.

The Republican congress then there's symbolism having.

About dignity and what they've yielded Ron descendants who pushed this pay cut and one congressman good to have you.

-- -- What now where does this go.

It goes to the US senate and I think that Harry Reid should take it -- but he's got a lot of democratic senators up in red states.

-- and I think most of those voters do not believe.

That members of congress the executive branch officials -- the vice president deserve to have any pay increases this year so I think it's a common sense measure it saves eleven billion dollars over ten years.

Given our fiscal situation comedy gets a no brainer.

Well I know is that analog you look at eleven million dollars over ten years of the -- of three to have trillion each year it's as the studios tonight.

I had a series saying that it's the start but you're really about making a -- -- but if you're not getting the job done.

You certainly shouldn't be getting paid more few words.

But Nancy Pelosi talks about the you know the dignity of your work and and that this is essentially -- undignified but what he's.

-- part of the reason we have to do this is in response.

To her speakership quite frankly when she was making comments about Obama care that you have to pass the bill to found find out what is in the bill.

A lot of Americans thought that was outrageous they thought that whole process.

Was undignified.

So we're trying to do is we're trying to change the way congress is viewed.

We're trying to put ourselves out there were willing to sacrifice to show the American people that we don't want to repeat.

The type of shenanigans that went on when she was the speaker of the house.

Now you talk about the next stop would be to set and I doubt very seriously the senate would even take this -- So what in the end argue left but a -- here.

Well I think that there's a lot of democratic senators who were up in red states and they should be asked do you think your -- should bring this bill lot but if they say no.

Then I think that they're gonna cause problems for themselves back home.

I think the bill should be taken -- been voted on.

I think it enjoys broad support from the American people and by the way -- We got about forty to fifty Democrats in the house -- I don't think I did too shabby at this young -- at all on the I think it makes a terrible statement it's not about the money years about a statement about responsibility.

Congressman thank you very much.

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