[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 144 (Thursday, October 6, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: October 6, 1994]
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                   THE CONGRESSIONAL COMPLIANCE BILL

  Mr. LIEBERMAN. Mr. President, I take this opportunity on this motion 
to proceed to register my profound disappointment that objection was 
heard to the majority leader's request for unanimous consent to go to 
the congressional accountability or congressional compliance bill. I 
was unable to debate that motion at that time.
  I want to say very simply and briefly that this is a bill that passed 
the House of Representatives with only four votes against. It is a bill 
that adopts a pretty basic and fundamental principle which is that laws 
that we pass here in Congress that cover every other employer and 
employee in America ought to cover us, ought to cover Congress, in our 
role as employer and all of our employees.
  What is good for the goose is good for the gander. If these laws are 
important enough and fair enough for the employers and employees across 
America, they are important and fair enough for us and our employees to 
follow.

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