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Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2014

Floor Speech

By: Tom Cole
By: Tom Cole
Date: July 23, 2013
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Defense Employment and Affirmative Action

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Mr. COLE. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself 1 minute.

I'm offering a bipartisan amendment this evening, Mr. Chairman, to prevent funds from the so-called Working Capital Fund from being used to implement furloughs of DOD employees. This amendment would affect approximately 180,000 workers scattered around the country in different working Capital Fund units. Tinker, Hill, Robbins, the great Air Logistics Centers, account for 26,000 of those.

Working Capital Fund employees are indirectly funded by the government and not by direct appropriations. The commands where these employees are paid have more than sufficient funds to continue to operate without a furlough. Indeed, furloughing these workers would be counterproductive and ultimately cost money.

With that, Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.

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