[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 18 (Tuesday, January 29, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H1253]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                            GOOD LEADERSHIP

  (Mr. GOLDEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. GOLDEN. Mr. Speaker, today I am introducing a commonsense, 
bipartisan bill with Congressman Crenshaw and Congressman Rose. It is 
called the Solidarity in Salary Act. It is a simple bill that says if 
Federal employees aren't getting paychecks because of a shutdown, 
Members of Congress and the President shouldn't get their paychecks.
  People back in Maine have heard me talk about when I was a young 
private first class joining my unit in the Marines at mealtime out in 
the field when they brought a hot meal out, we had a simple rule that 
we followed. What we would do is the private first class and lance 
corporal would go first to eat followed by the NCOs and staff NCOs, 
after that, the officers.
  The idea was that good leaders should take care of other people 
before stopping and thinking about themselves. That is the principle 
behind this bill.
  Mr. Speaker, I would urge my colleagues to join Congressmen Crenshaw 
and Rose and me in supporting this legislation.

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