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Chairman Schumer, Ranking Member Cornyn, distinguished members of the Subcommittee; thank you for the opportunity to provide this testimony. As President of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), I have the honor of leading a union that represents over 24,000 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers and trade enforcement specialists who are ...

Chairman Ross, Ranking Member Lynch and members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to submit this statement on behalf of the 160,000 federal employees represented by NTEU. I appreciate the opportunity to discuss the important contributions our federal employees make to serve the public in towns and communities all across the nation, including ...

Chairman Lieberman, Ranking Member Collins, distinguished members of the Committee; thank you for the opportunity to provide this testimony. As President of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), I have the honor of leading a union that represents over 24,000 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers and trade enforcement specialists who are ...

Chairman Aderholt and Ranking Member Price and distinguished Committee Members: The National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), representing several thousand Transportation Security Officers (TSOs or Officers), is pleased to present its views on the FY 2012 budget for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), as submitted by President Obama. We believe ...

Chairman Lynch, as National President of the National Treasury Employees Union, I would like to thank you for holding this hearing on safety and health issues that affect federal employees. Since the hearing is focusing on high-risk occupations, I will speak mainly about the experiences of Transportation Security Officers at the Transportation Security ...

Madam Chair, thank you for allowing me to offer a statement at today’s important hearing about the Transportation Security Administration. As National President of the National Treasury Employees Union, I represent several thousand Transportation Security Administration Officers at TSA. The problems that were anticipated when TSA was created in a hurry ...

Chairman Ross, Ranking Member Lynch and members of the Subcommittee, thank you for inviting me to testify today on behalf of the 160,000 federal employees represented by NTEU. I appreciate the opportunity to discuss these important issues with the Subcommittee. PAY The pay system for the large majority of white collar federal employees is known as the ...

Chairman Akaka, Ranking Member Voinovich, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee, I would like to thank you for allowing me to provide comments on efforts to right size the Federal employee to contractor mix. As President of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), I have the honor of representing over 150,000 federal workers in 31 federal ...

Chairman Tanner, Ranking Member Brady, distinguished members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to provide this testimony. As President of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), I have the honor of leading a union that represents over 24,000 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers, Agriculture Specialists and trade enforcement and ...

Chairman Lynch, Representative Chaffetz and members of the subcommittee, I am pleased to be here today to talk about the pressing challenges facing our government in its effort to obtain additional talented individuals to join our federal workforce for the 21st century. As president of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), representing more than ...

Chairman Baucus, Ranking Member Grassley, and distinguished members of the Committee, I would like to thank you for allowing me to provide comments on the 2010 Tax Filing Season and the Administration’s FY 2011 budget request for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). As President of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), I have the honor of representing ...

Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member Voinovich, and other Members, I am Colleen Kelley, National President of NTEU, representing over 150,000 federal employees in 31 different agencies. Thank you for holding this hearing today. The federal government is the nation’s largest employer. For years, the federal government served as a model for other employers. Today, ...

Chairman Akaka, ranking member Voinovich, and members of the subcommittee, I appreciate the opportunity to appear before this distinguished subcommittee on the important issues of training, mentoring and interning in the federal government. As president of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), representing more than 150,000 federal employees in over ...

Chairman Thompson, Ranking Member King, and distinguished members of the Committee, I would like to thank you for allowing me to provide comments on whether federalization of contract security guards at the Federal Protective Service (FPS) would increase protection at federal facilities. As President of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), I have the ...

Chairman Price, Ranking Member Rogers, distinguished members of the Subcommittee; I would like to thank you for the opportunity to provide this testimony. As President of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), I have the honor of leading a union that represents over 22,000 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers and trade enforcement specialists ...

Chairman Serrano, Ranking Member Emerson, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee, I would like to thank you for allowing me to provide comments on the Administration’s FY 2011 budget request for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). As President of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), I have the honor of representing over 150,000 federal workers ...

Chairman Lynch, Ranking Member Chaffetz, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee, on behalf of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), I would like to thank you for allowing me to provide comments on H.R. 4735 which would require the federal government to fire workers who fail to pay their taxes and prohibit job applicants with serious tax issues ...

Chairman Lewis, Ranking Member Boustany, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee, I would like to thank you for allowing me to provide comments on the Administration’s FY 2011 budget request for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). As President of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), I have the honor of representing over 150,000 federal workers ...

Thank you Chairman Lynch for this opportunity to present the views of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) on HR 2517, the Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act of 2009. NTEU is the nation’s largest independent federal sector labor union, representing workers at 31 government agencies. For over 70 years our union has been in the forefront of ...

Chairman Serrano, Ranking Member Regula, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee, I would like to thank you for allowing me to provide comments on the Administration’s FY ’08 budget request for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). As President of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), I have the honor of representing over 150,000 federal workers ...