Senate Proceeding on Jul 23rd, 2009 :: 4:53:30 to 4:55:55
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Don Cazayoux: committee. so with that, mr. president, yield mr. aka: mr. president, may i further provisions, without question, are much needed in hawaii,

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Speech By: Don Cazayoux

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Don Cazayoux: alaska, and the territories. because of the cola rates. with them the pay of federal employees. it is slated to go down later this year if we do not act. this is the reason we're trying to move it at this time. most o hawaii are defense employees as

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Don Cazayoux: in these other states and territories, as well. the provisions on this issue are nearly identical to passed the consent last year. most of the provisions are in the house defense authorization bill.

4:54:30 to 4:54:50( Edit History Discussion )

Don Cazayoux: again, hawaii, alaska, and the territories received untaxed co of living allowances that do instead of locality pay that other federal employees receive. this bill grew out of a bush administration role in response to

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Don Cazayoux: different systems. this transition will cost a substantial amount of money for the several reasons the budget implications are better than they appear. a large portion of the appropriated costs for the cola provisions are intergovernmental transfers from federal employers

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Don Cazayoux: to either the annuity or social security trust fund. according to the employer intragovernmental transactions that do not affect the deficit must determine for many

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Don Cazayoux: employees in hawaii and alaska are looking at this as something that's necessary, as they continue to government in this area. again, i urge