[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 4727]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 MOVING EXPENSES FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES

  (Mr. DUNCAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Speaker, the Associated Press has now reported that 
the Federal Government has paid out over $100,000 each in moving 
expenses to hundreds of Federal employees.
  Investigators found 388 moves that cost taxpayers over $100,000 each. 
One FBI employee got $203,000, and three IRS workers got over $190,000 
each for their moves. In addition to these hundreds of moves that have 
already been paid for, 81 other Federal employees have been authorized 
to receive over $100,000 each for their moves.
  Mr. Speaker, this is ridiculous. It is excessive. It is a rip-off of 
the taxpayers, and Congress should stop it. Federal employment used to 
be called government service. However, it is anything but public 
service when employees seem to care less and less about what a move 
costs as long as it does not come out of their own pockets.

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