[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 16 (Wednesday, February 3, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H477]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  NO PAY RAISE FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS

  (Mr. MITCHELL asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. MITCHELL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to once again urge my 
colleagues to cosponsor H.R. 4255, Stop the Automatic Pay Raise for 
Members of Congress in Fiscal Year 2011 Act. Representative Ron Paul 
and I introduced a bipartisan bill which has 117 cosponsors, because we 
think that at a time like this, it is simply unconscionable for Members 
to be seeking a pay raise.
  Unless Congress acts, that is precisely what will happen. Americans 
are struggling. They're not getting a pay raise and neither should 
Congress. President Obama has frozen pay for senior White House 
officials. Chief Justice Roberts recently announced that he is not 
seeking a salary increase for Federal judges this year. Congress should 
follow suit. We hear an awful lot about fiscal discipline in this 
Chamber. We talk the talk. Mr. Speaker, it is past time for us to walk 
the walk. I urge my colleagues to do the right thing by cosponsoring 
H.R. 4255 and stop Congress from getting a pay raise.

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