[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 10 (Thursday, January 25, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H854-H855]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    MEMBERS' PIQUE OVER TRAVEL OFFICE FIRINGS DOES NOT INCLUDE PRE-
                  CHRISTMAS FIRINGS OF HOUSE EMPLOYEES

  (Mr. MORAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MORAN. Mr. Speaker, yesterday about two dozen Republican Members 
of the House Government Operations Committee told the former members of 
the travel office how mortified they were, how terrible they felt that 
they had lost their jobs. Of course, all of them but Mr. Dale have 
gotten other jobs. Mr. Dale has some serious management problems and 
some indictable offenses that he is dealing with. But none of these 
Members raised a pique when 11 people who worked for the Clerk's office 
were fired before Christmas. One guy had four little children. They do 
not care what happened to him.
  Mr. Speaker, they were given no justification; just fired so that the 
House management would not have to pay for the comp time those people 
had earned by working late hours. That is why. Because we voted to 
apply private sector laws to the Congress. Because we did, 

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they did not want it to apply to them and so they fired them before 
Christmas.
  But, Mr. Speaker, not one peep in their defense. Not one peep. What 
hypocrisy.

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