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Congressional Testimony
03/13/2013
The Costs and Impacts of Crisis Budgeting

Chairman Carper, Ranking Member Coburn, Members of the Committee, on behalf of the 150,000 federal employees represented by NTEU in 31 different agencies, thank you for the opportunity to participate in today’s hearing on “The Costs and Impacts of Crisis Budgeting.” I think it is particularly important for the Committee to hear about the implications of ...

Congressional Testimony
05/17/2012
Supporting Economic Growth and Job Creation through Customs Trade Modernization, Facilitation and Enforcement

Chairman Brady, Ranking Member McDermott, 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, Agriculture Specialists and trade enforcement ...

Congressional Testimony
03/29/2012
Contractors: How Much Are They Costing the Government?

Chairwoman McCaskill, Ranking Member Portman, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee, I would like to thank you for allowing me to provide comments on the costs of federal contracting. As President of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), I have the honor of representing over 150,000 federal workers in 31 federal agencies and ...

Congressional Testimony
03/20/2012
Office of Management Budget for FY 2013

Chairwoman Emerson, Ranking Member Serrano and distinguished members of the Subcommittee, on behalf of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) and our more than 150,000 members in 31 federal agencies and departments, I would like to thank you for allowing me to provide comments on recent efforts by the Office of Management and Budget to reform federal ...

Congressional Testimony
02/29/2012
CBP Staffing

Chairman Aderholt, Ranking Member Price, 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 ...

Congressional Testimony
01/25/2012
Retirement Readiness: Strengthening the Federal Pension System

Chairman Ross, Ranking Member Lynch, and members of the Subcommittee, thank you for this opportunity to provide testimony on behalf of the 150,000 federal employees represented by the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU). NTEU is also proud to be part of the Federal-Postal Coalition, which is providing separate testimony at today’s hearing. The federal ...

Congressional Testimony
02/07/2012
Balancing Maritime Security and Trade Facilitation: Protecting our Ports, Increasing Commerce and Securing the Supply Chain

Chairman Miller, Ranking Member Cuellar, 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 ...

Congressional Testimony
05/26/2011
Rightsizing the Federal Workforce

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 ...

Congressional Testimony
05/25/2011
Protecting American Jobs: Strengthening Trade Enforcement Including Anti-Dumping and Maritime Laws

Chairman Landrieu, Ranking Member Coats, 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, Agriculture Specialists and trade enforcement ...

Congressional Testimony
05/17/2011
Improving security and Facilitating Commerce at America's Northern Border and Ports of Entry

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 ...

Congressional Testimony
05/26/2011
Rightsizing the Federal Workforce

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 ...

Congressional Testimony
05/04/2011
Securing the Border

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 ...

Congressional Testimony
03/15/2011
Fiscal Year 2012 Appropriations - Transportation Security Administration

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 ...

Congressional Testimony
07/21/2010
Are Agencies Playing it Safe and Secure: An Examination of Worker Protections Pre- and Post-Injury

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 ...

Congressional Testimony
09/23/2010
Securing America's Transportation Systems: The Target of Terrorists and TSA's New Direction

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 ...

Congressional Testimony
03/09/2011
Are Federal Workers Underpaid

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 ...

Congressional Testimony
05/20/2010
Efforts to Right-Size the Federal Employee to Contractor Mix

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 ...

Congressional Testimony
05/20/2010
Customs Trade Facilitation and Enforcement in a Secure Environment

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 ...

Congressional Testimony
05/19/2010
Jobs, Jobs, Jobs: Transforming Federal Hiring

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 ...

Congressional Testimony
04/15/2010
2010 Tax Filing Season and the Internal Revenue Service Budget Request for FY 2011

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 ...