[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 131 (Friday, July 24, 2020)]
[House]
[Pages H3842-H3843]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  WAGE-GRADE WORKERS IN THE CIVIL DEFENSE INDUSTRY WILL BE PAID FAIRLY

  (Mr. CARTWRIGHT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CARTWRIGHT. Mr. Speaker, I rise this morning to congratulate the 
House for passing the NDAA, National Defense Authorization Act.
  It is a win for Pennsylvania, and it is a win for civil defense 
workers all over this country.
  Namely, Tobyhanna Army Depot in my district is a winner here, because 
this fixes a problem.
  There is a wage and salary disparity between the maps. There is a map 
mismatch that has been going on that I have been fighting ever since I 
got to Congress.
  This year, my bill, the Locality Pay Equity Act, got in the NDAA.

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  Mr. Speaker, I am so grateful to Chairman Smith of the Armed Services 
Committee and the entire Armed Services Committee and the overwhelming 
vote on a bipartisan basis of the U.S. House to pass this.
  At long last, wage-grade workers in the civil defense industry in 
these particular districts will be paid fairly and equally alongside 
the salaried people they work side by side with.
  This is a great day for Tobyhanna and a great day for the people who 
have the backs of the people who are our warfighters all over the 
world.

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