The Fifth Congressional District is home to thousands of federal employees and retirees, both military and civilian. Congressman Hoyer is proud to represent them and has led the fight on issues important to public servants, including securing fair pay and benefits, with a strong focus on ensuring pay parity between military and civilian personnel.
Congressman Hoyer has consistently opposed efforts to reduce the wages, benefits, and hours of federal employees in a misguided attempt by some to bring down our nation’s deficit on the backs of middle-class families. Federal employees have already contributed more than $182 billion toward deficit reduction through freezes to cost-of-living-adjustments and changes to retirement benefits.
Throughout his career, Congressman Hoyer has also advocated for quality health care coverage, a solid retirement system, and fair working conditions for federal employees in Maryland and throughout the country.
I am proud to represent thousands of civilian defense employees who work in the Fifth District at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Webster Field and Indian Head Naval Surface Warfare Center.
The resignation of Director Archuleta does not solve the fundamental problems at the Office of Personnel Management that led to these data breach incidents.
The total number of individuals who may have had their personal information exposed as a result of OPM's second data breach incident is extremely troubling.
I represent more than 62,000 federal workers who live in my district and I was pleased to meet with AFGE and NTEU's presidents today to hear their concerns.
I was pleased to visit the NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction this morning and to thank Dr. Uccellini and the employees for the work they perform on behalf of American families and businesses every day.
I am deeply concerned about this data breach that the Office of Personnel Management reported today.
The [Oversight and Government Reform Committee] Ranking Member [Elijah Cummings] said this was a bill to solve a nonexistent problem. Everybody ought to pay their taxes. Everybody. Everybody ought to pay their taxes.
For sixteen years, Colleen Kelley has provided NTEU with principled and skilled leadership, and I join in thanking her for her service to federal employees and to our country.