Bipartisan Senate Group Urges Leaders to Put American Taxpayers First, Block Congressional Pay Raise
Statement
Date: June 21, 2019
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Government Operations
Arizona senior Senator Kyrsten Sinema and Republican Senators Rick Scott (Fla.) and Mike Braun (Ind.) wrote Senate Appropriations Committee members urging them to adopt a provision that will ensure members of Congress do not receive a pay raise in this year's budget.
"There is no reason members of Congress should receive an increase in their taxpayer-funded salaries, especially when there are so many issues important to American families that we should be focused on instead," the Senators wrote.
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