However, these hardworking federal employees should not be asked to carry even more of this burden. I thank the gentleman for yielding, and i yield back the balance of my time. Thank you. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields. The gentleman from california. Mr. Issa mr. Speaker, i know my friend from virginia means well, but once again he talks about a lack of accomplishment. Apparently he has not looked at the work that the clerks did. He hasnt done the work that the Congressional Budget Office or the Government Accountability office. Those are all funded and yet we had an 11 reduction in spending. So in fact when we talk about the hardworking men and women of the government, this branch has found a way to reduce spending by over 11 in spite of the hardworking men, not just here on the floor and in our offices, but the Government Accountability office and the c. B. O. And others. With that i reserve the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman reserves. Connell the gentleman from virginia. Mr. Connolly before i call on the distinguished member from virginia, of course the productivity i talk about is the productivity of this legislative body, not the honorable men and women who serve us, but for us. And we passed fewer number of bills in living memory. We have been out for 15 weeks since august instead of doing the peoples business. That is one of the least productive records in american history, and no words are going to change that. Not in the history books and not in the minds of the American Public that is showing disapproval of that productivity with the low Approval Ratings of this congress. I am now pleased to yield three minutes to the distinguished member from virginia, mr. Moran. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from virginia is recognized for three minutes. Mr. Moran thank you, mr. Speaker. I thank my very good friend who has been tireless in representing not just the interest of his constituency, but of this great country. Mr. Speaker, first of all and it may seem petty, but if it was done by the other side, it would be a big deal. This bill was dropped at about 20 past 12 00 today. And then it was brought up. Now, you know, in less than an hour we drop a bill and we bring it to the floor . Thats not the way to do business. The caucuses are involved in other things. The whole Democratic Caucus is talking with the Vice President , and here we are about to do something of real consequence, not just for federal employees arched members of the congress but for the and members of the congress but for the country. Mr. Lynch and mr. Connolly pointed out federal employees contributed 100 billion toward deficit reduction. They had their pay frozen for two years. This will be the third year. New hires will have to contribute three times as much into their pension as they would have to today. So theyre really being made a scapegoat. And were doing this at a time when were trying to compete at a global economy. Now, what happens is we send a message to federal employees that if you can get out get out. We dont really appreciate what youre doing for the public sector. Get into the private sector. Most of you can make two or three times what youre making in the public sector. So this is a good time to go. Because otherwise your families are going to have to suffer. Youre not going to be able to achieve the kind of quality of life that your talents and experience and skills would merit. And were going to continue doing this to you individually and collectively. Thats not the way to run a government. You know, we pass all these laws. We pass appropriation bills and then its the executive branchs responsibility to carry them out. How do we think we can pass these laws and then expect people to carry these laws out with efficiency and effectiveness when we take 100 billion out of their compensation . What kind of a message does that send to the people who serve us directly and all of the American Peoples interests in terms of their ultimate mission . It sends all the wrong message. Now, i know people dont care much about the procedural issue, but, boy, you know, what a precedent to set. Mr. Issa if the gentleman will yield . Mr. Moran yes. Mr. Issa it was posted last night which means it was posted before the cliff bill. The technical dropping is a different rule, but it was posted so it was available to all members last night. And, of course, as you know, its a very simple we simply freeze, and thats not hard for people to understand. I hope the gentleman understands half percent freeze is all that this bill does. Mr. Moran if the gentleman would yield 30 seconds he took to explain. You dropped it at new years eave. I dont know if new years eve. I dont know if thats a different distinction. Nobody has focused on it. I think the gentleman who chairs government oversight and reform would have recognized mr. Connolly mr. Speaker, i yield the gentleman 15 seconds. Mr. Moran i hope the gentleman would recognize, as mr. Connolly and mr. Lynch recognized, there are serious risks Going Forward with this. I dont think the way to solve our deficit situation is to cut off our nose to spite our face. This is what were doing. This is not fair to the federal work force. Its not fair to the country. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. The gentleman from california. Mr. Issa mr. Speaker, as i note once again that this is half a percent that will not be increased by this action. Half a percent. So on 100,000 its 500 of a pay raise that will not occur for federal workers that in fact the sky is not falling if we choose not to have that happen this year. With that id like to yield a minute and a half to the gentleman from texas, mr. Flores. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from texas is recognized for a minute and a half. Mr. Flores thank you, mr. Speaker. Our nation is on the verge of going over a fiscal cliff because washington has a spending problem. President obama still does not understand that this problem as he recently issued an executive order to most civilian employees. I believe these raises are grossly inappropriate and represent an insult to hardworking american taxpayers. These factors have prompted me to join this legislation to halt these unnecessary salary increases. Youve heard arguments today that federal workers are being victimized by this legislation. Here are a few facts that will rebut that assumption. One, the income of the average American Private sector family has gone down 4,000 during the last four years. Number two, federal workers on average earn pay and benefits that are equal that to their private sector counterparts. Number three, federal workers pay an amount into the federal Retirement Plan that is less than. 1 that private workers pay into sex. Last year hardworking american taxpayers had to subsidize about 40 billion to subsidize the unsolvency of the Civil Service retirement system. Mr. Speaker, for these reasons and the huge deficits of our federal government, i support this legislation wholeheartedly. Thank you. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. The gentleman from virginia. Mr. Connolly mr. Speaker, i want to inquire how much time remains on this side. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from virginia has 2 3 4 minutes. The gentleman from california has 3 1 2 minutes. Mr. Connolly if i may inquire, mr. Speaker, does my colleague on the other side have any other speakers. Mr. Issa not at this time so i would simply the right to close. Mr. Connolly im prepared to wrap up and yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from virginia. Mr. Connolly thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, im worried about the future of the federal work force. Continued denegation of public service, continued whacking away at compensation and benefits that make it an attractive career choice for so many young people is going to make it harder to recruit and retain the skilled work force of the future. And despite what my colleague just indicated, im not quite sure where he got his statistics, the federal salary council, which looks at federal salaries every year, concluded that federal employees in 2011 26. 3 less than the private sector counterparts. And this year 34. 6 less. A c. B. O. Study found that people in the federal work force with a ph. D. Degree earned 23 less than their private sector counterparts. If you had a bachelors degree, roughly 23 less. And only in the High School Level did they actually earn more, 21 more. And so actually we got a problem. As we look at the baby boom generation getting ready to retire, 47 of the entire existing federal work force is eligible for retirement over this next decade. How will we recruit and retain that work force if were going to continue to use them as not only a piggy bank to finance the deficit but perhaps more disgracefully as a punching bag in terms of disparagement of service . Were far, far placed away from John Kennedys call to serve your country. Mr. Speaker, with that i yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. The gentleman from california. Mr. Issa i yield myself such time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Issa mr. Speaker, in closing, this bill is going to pass and its going to pass likely on a bipartisan basis. Because it would be the ultimate inappropriate behavior by this body to allow our pay to be raised. This is something i think that both sides have said fairly straightforward. This is not a time in which members of congress should take their 174,000 salary and increase it. I dont believe weve earned it this year. By the way, i believe the president s salary will not go up and the Vice President s salary will not go up and that is also appropriate. But as we look at the hardworking men and women of the federal work force and look at my colleagues from virginia who spoke and my colleague from maryland who spoke, the point that the federal work force should be listening to today is that in fact its not how hard they work, its what can the American People afford. We cannot afford to continue these deficits. Its not how hard they work. Its, is there inefficiency and waste, not just in their office, but in the way government is organized . Mr. Speaker, everyone had a new years resolution, i trust, last night. For some it would be to lose a little weight, do things we havent been doing. But for me, particularly, it is to go after the duplication in government, to go after the flaws in government that would allow us to be less critical perhaps at what we can afford from our federal work force and more proud of the fact that it is organized for efficiency. Mr. Speaker, in closing, the president called for Reorganization Authority and did nothing in his first term. It is my goal to give him reorganization and a reorganizational plan. It is my committees obligation to do that. And so as i vote today to freeze our pay and to freeze all of the federal workers pay, i do so by recognizing the best way for federal workers to get a pay raise without it being on the back of the American People is for us to reorganize government, whether its in Information Technology or any other goods and services that the federal government delivers. We can do better. We can take waste out of medicare and we can take waste out of all aspects of the federal government. Mr. Speaker, i know this bill will pass on a bipartisan basis because its appropriate to do here today. I urge its support and i yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. The question is will the house suspend the rules and pass h. R. 6726. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, 2 3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, bams, and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table the bill is passed, and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. Mr. Issa mr. Speaker, on that i demand a recorded vote. The speaker pro tempore does the gentleman ask for the yeas and nays . Mr. Issa i ask for the yeas and nays. The speaker pro tempore the yeas and nays are requested. All those favoring taking a vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing. A sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this motion are postponed. For what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition . Mr. Issa mr. Speaker, i move that the house suspend the rules and pass senate bill 3662. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk senate 3662, an act to designate the facility of the United StatesPostal Service located at 6 nichols street in westminster, massachusetts, as the lieutenant Ryan Patrick Jones post office building. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from california, mr. Issa, and the gentleman from virginia, mr. Connolly, each will control 20 minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from california. Mr. Issa thank you, mr. Speaker. I yield myself such time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Issa mr. Speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on the bill under consideration. The speaker pro tempore without objection, so ordered. Mr. Issa mr. Speaker, on this last or second of last day of this congress, the senate has sent us a naming. Although my committee has stopped doing naming, accept in the case of medal of honor recipients, this one is coming over and i believe it is meritorious and the senate has asked us to pass it and i will do so today. It would designate a facility of the United StatesPostal Service located at 6 nicholls street at westminster, massachusetts, as lieutenant Ryan Patrick Jones post office building. Lieutenant jones earned his engineering degree at Worcester Polytech nique institute. When he earned his degree he also was an awarded an rotc scholarship in the reserve officer training corps. He led his fellow soldiers as a platoon leader in the armys First Infantry Division while employed in iraq in deployed in iraq in 2007. I guess as a member of the big red one i would note i also served with that unit many years ago. Tragically on may 2, 2007, lieutenant jones was killed in action by an improvised explosive device set by our enemy. He leaves behind his parents of westminster, massachusetts. He was awarded several awards for his heroism, including the bronze star, the purple heart, and the iraqi freedom medal. And the combat action badge. For the war on terrorism. I am grateful for lieutenant jones service, his bravery in the battlefield, and i regret that the naming of this post office is so appropriate because yet another one of our finest has paid such a high price by an enemy who uses hidden explosives rather than confront us in any direct way. With that i reserve the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman reserves. The gentleman from virginia. Mr. Connolly mr. Speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Connolly mr. Speaker, im pleased to join with the distinguished chairman in support of s. 3662, to name a postal facility in westminster, massachusetts, as the lupet Ryan Patrick Jones post office building. I, too, join in having to take this action because of the loss of a life. I can only hope taking this action will provide comfort to his parents and family and his Broader Community given their terrible loss. We salute the honor and patriotism of mr. Ryan who was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the u. S. Army, and we honor his sacrifice and service to his country. With that i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. The gentleman from california. Mr. Issa i also yield back and urge support. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. The question is will the house suspend the rules and pass senate 3662. So many as are in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, 2 3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. For what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition . Mr. Issa mr. Speaker, i move that the house suspend the rules and pass senate bill 3630. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk senate 3630, an act to designate the facility of the United StatesPostal Service located at 218 north milwaukee street in waterford, wisconsin, as the captain rhett w. Schiller post office. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from california, mr. Issa, and the gentleman from virginia, mr. Connolly, each will control 20 minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from california. Mr. Issa mr. Speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Issa mr. Speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the bill under consideration. The speaker pro tempore without objection, so ordered. Mr. Issa mr. Speaker, senate bill 3630 introduced by senator ron johnson of wisconsin to designate a facility of the United StatesPostal Service located at 328 north milwaukee street in waterford, wisconsin, as the captain rhett w. Schiller post office is again another exception to the no postal rule. Captain schiller graduated from the u. S. Military academy at west point in 2003 and was deployed to serve in iraq in 2006. Tragically on november 16, 2006, the captain was killed by enemy fir