[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 96 (Thursday, July 21, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: July 21, 1994]
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                 ONE-STOP SHOP FOR CONGRESSIONAL REFORM

  (Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland. Mr. Speaker, an overly generous pension 
plan is only one more perk that separates us from the average American 
worker and voter. Sunday's Washington Post had an article detailing how 
our pension plan provides us with much more than any other plan around. 
Like parking at airports and the gym, you can bet this will come to 
haunt us in November.
  What makes it even worse is that Congress is looking at cutting 
entitlement programs for others. Thrift, like charity, Mr. Speaker, 
should begin at home. As elected leaders, we should lead in reforming 
our own pensions.
  We need to reform to put us on the same footing as other Federal 
employees. We passed the plans for them, so they should be good enough 
for us, too. If a pension is good enough for a career civil servant or 
a veteran, it should be good enough for a Member of Congress.
  Support total congressional reform. Support H.R. 4444, the one-stop 
shop for congressional reform. My bill reforms congressional pensions. 
It also brings us under the same laws we pass for others and does away 
with the perks and privileges that have alienated the American people. 
We need total reform of Congress, we need H.R. 4444.

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