Senate Proceeding on Jun 4th, 2009 :: 1:19:30 to 1:28:50
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Don Cazayoux: capital management -- that is, the best management of our federal wor chair. i yield the floor. mr. aka: thank you very much, madam president. the presiding officer: the accept from hawaii. mr. aka: madam president, i ask unanimous consent to speak as though in morning business for ten minutes. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered.

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Speech By: Don Cazayoux

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Don Cazayoux: mr. aka: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that my fellow, louise kyotomoro, be granted floor privileges today. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. aka: thank you very much, madam president. i want to thank the chairman of the homeland security senate

1:20:09 to 1:20:29( Edit History Discussion )

Don Cazayoux: committee for his leadership. he has been doing a grand job in moving many of the bills and discussi homeland security. madam president, i rise today support the family smoking

1:20:30 to 1:20:51( Edit History Discussion )

Don Cazayoux: prevention and tobacco control tobacco products kill approximately 400,000 people a the f.d.a. must be provided with authority tobacco products, limit advertising and further restrict ildren's access to tobacco.

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Don Cazayoux: i commend my friend from massachusetts, senator kennedy, for his long-term commitment to advancing this vital public health i want to thank my friend from connecticut, senator dodd, for managing this bill. i am proud to support their efforts. included in the bill are a

1:21:15 to 1:21:36( Edit History Discussion )

Don Cazayoux: number of federal retirement provisions that support retirement security and provide more options for federal employees. the provisions in the managers' amendment would make four changes to enhance the thrift savings plan. fell employees would be --

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Don Cazayoux: federal employees wld be automatically enrolled in t t.s.p. with the option of opting out of the program. federal employees would be eligible for immediate match t.s.p. contributions from their employing agency. in addition, thrift savings

1:21:58 to 1:22:20( Edit History Discussion )

Don Cazayoux: board will have the option to create a during which employees will be able to select mutual funds that are appropriate for their investment needs. finally, employees will be allowed to invest in a roth

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Don Cazayoux: i.r.a. through the t.s.p. as chairman of the subcommittee on oversight of government management, the federal workforce and the district of columbia, i also am proud to support my other good friend from connecticut, senator lieberman, in offering an amendment to support additional retirement security and equity

1:22:42 to 1:23:02( Edit History Discussion )

Don Cazayoux: provisions for the federal workforce. most important to my home state of hawaii, the amendment prides needed retirement equity to federal employees in hawaii, alaska, and the territories. nearly 20,000 federal employees

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Don Cazayoux: in hawaii and another 30,000 federal employees in alaska and the territories federal employees who currently receive a cost of allowance which is not taxed and does not count for retirement purposes.

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Don Cazayoux: because of this, workers in these areas retire with significantly lower annuities and their counterparts in the 48 states and d.c. cola rates are scheduled to go the pay of the nearly 50,000

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Don Cazayoux: federal employees if we do not provide this fix. in 2007, the office of personnel management offered a proposal to correct this retirement inequity inequity. afte soliciting input i

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Don Cazayoux: introduced the nonforen area retirement equity assurance the bill passed the senate by unanimous consent in october of 2008. unfortunately, the house did in the have time to consider the bill before adjournment. i reintroduced this as s. 507,

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Don Cazayoux: which is included in this amendment, with senators mikulski, inouye and begich, and it is nearly identical to the bill that passedhe senate last year. this is bipartisan eff transition employees in hawaii, alaska, and the territories to the same locality

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Don Cazayoux: used in the rest of the united states while employees take home pay in the process. and this -- in this current economic climate we must be careful not to reduce employees' pay. the measure passed unanimously

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Don Cazayoux: through committee onpril 1. o.p.m. sent congress a letter asking for a prompt, favorable action on this measure. this is one of the most important issues facing federal workers in hawaii, alaska, and the territories. i urge my colleagues to support this change. one of the other provisions in

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Don Cazayoux: the amendment corrects how employees annuities are capped for part-time service -- are calculated for part-time service. this provision treats federal employees under the csrs the same way t the newer federal employee retirement system.

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Don Cazayoux: eliminating this unnecessary disparity is a matter of fairness and correction. similarly, thi includes a provision to treat unused sick leave the same under the new retirement system as under the old retirement system. the congressional research

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Don Cazayoux: service recently found that fers employees within two years of retirement eligibility use 25% more sick leave than csrs employees within two years of retirement. o.p.m. found the disparity in sick leave usage costs the

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Don Cazayoux: federal government approximately $6 million to $8 million in productionist each year. production -- in productivity each year. federal managers wanted additional tools to build a more productive workplace and to provide employees with an

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Don Cazayoux: incentive congress should have retaped years ago.tape -- should have retained years ago and makes good on a promise made to a group of secret service agents. approximately 180 secret service agents hired fm 1984 through

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Don Cazayoux: 1986 were promised access to the d.c. retirement plan. this amendment would provide it. the majority of these retirement reform provisions have the endorsement employee groups, including the american federation of government employees, the

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Don Cazayoux: national treasury employees union, the national act of retired federal employee association, the senior executives association, the federal managers association, the government managers coalition, and the list goes on. i strongly encourage my

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Don Cazayoux: colleagues to support this bill and the federal retirement reform provisions, as well. i thank chairman lieberman for his support and his leadership

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Don Cazayoux: in this. madam president, i quorum call. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll.