Federal Employees Quotes

I think the time has come when the American people understand that federal employees need to work an 8-hour day just like everybody else.

If you spend enough time in or around Washington, you'll meet amazing people who work for the government.

The American people should not be footing the bill for federal employees who stonewall Congress or rewarding government officials' bad behavior.

I am not a federal employee. I am a constitutional officer. My job is the Constitution of the United States, I am not a government employee. I am in the Constitution.

All Federal employees should be subjected to drug tests.

Incredibly, whenever I have proposed the theory that half of government workers could be cut, current and former federal employees I know have all agreed.

I like the idea of federal employees licensed to carry weapons who are also heavily medicated; it just works for me on all sorts of levels.

As a member of Congress, I participate in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program under the same rules as millions of other federal employees.

In my case, I pay a standard premium to participate in the Federal Employees' Health Benefits Plan for my wife and myself out of each month's paycheck.

Nominally, there is one executive for every eight federal employees, a ratio that would bankrupt many private industries.

Absolutely, federal health care options in Congress should mirror those offered in the private sector. If these options are not available in the private sector, then folks working for the federal government should not have them either.

Most federal employees perform their tasks honorably and well.

Federal employees are not rewarded for performance or excellence or results but, rather, for showing up, and often times, they don't even do that.

A woman can use scissors better than a man, and she will do it cheaper.

An 'exchange' would allow everyone to choose their health care insurance from a broad range of options - just like federal employees and Congress do right now - and allow their employer to help pay for it.

Even the animal inspectors of the Department of Agriculture have a badge and carry a gun. Everyone wants a badge and a gun. Then they want arrest powers. Then, red lights on their car, and finally they want law enforcement retirement benefits …. It’s hard to find all the people in the federal government who have badges and guns.

With an extraordinary amount of federal employees authorized to use 100% official time on behalf of their union, the federal government loses the immensely valuable civil service for which he or she was originally hired to perform.

One of Trump's reforms is to limit the time that workers can use on the job at taxpayer expense working on union activities. What does this have to do with public service? So taxpayers have to pay overcompensated federal employees while they work on union activities so they can get even more taxpayer money.

The number of individuals employed under the Constitution of the United States will be much smaller than the number employed under the particular States.

The American people depend on these federal employees to process, investigate, and adjudicate applications for immigration rights and benefits in a timely and thorough manner.

Federal employees are public servants, not partisan foot soldiers for President Obama, and shouldn't have to decide whether a partisan White House request can be ignored without consequences.

This was a theme of Sen. Akaka's career - to advocate for people who did not have power, for people who were vulnerable. He was a champion for the federal government employees who continue to this day to be a punching bag for some.

We have got a - we've got a good federal work force, but we have too many people, and we're paying them too much money.