[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 28 (Wednesday, February 11, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H1164]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            SUPPORT H.R. 156

  (Mr. MITCHELL asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. MITCHELL. I rise today to thank Speaker Pelosi for agreeing to 
block the next congressional pay raise. As government acts to cap 
executive compensation and as millions of Americans watch their incomes 
shrink, a pay raise for Members of Congress would seem glaringly out of 
touch. If we are going to talk the talk of fiscal discipline, we must 
also walk the walk of self-restraint. The American people are not 
getting a pay raise this year, and neither should Congress.
  I also wish to thank Dr. Ron Paul and 107 of our colleagues, 
Republicans and Democrats, who are willing to support H.R. 156, the 
Stop the Congressional Pay Raise Act. Without the leadership of these 
Members, so many of them new Members, we may not have taken this 
important step.

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