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Congressional Testimony
05/03/2016
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
05/03/2016
Compensation for Workers Injured in the Federal Workplace (FECA)

Chairman Walberg, Ranking Member Woolsey and Members of the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) appreciates the opportunity to offer this statement to the Subcommittee as it considers the important matter of Workers’ Compensation in the federal sector. NTEU represents over 155,000 federal employees at 31 ...

Congressional Testimony
05/03/2016
Enforcing America's Trade Laws in the Face of Customs Fraud and Duty Evasion

Chairman Wyden, Ranking Member Thune, 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 and ...

Congressional Testimony
05/03/2016
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
05/03/2016
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
05/03/2016
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
05/03/2016
Internal Revenue Service Budget for FY 2013

Chairwoman Emerson, Ranking Member Serrano and distinguished members of the Subcommittee, I would like to thank you for allowing me to provide comments on the Administration’s FY 2013 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 ...

Congressional Testimony
05/03/2016
Closing the Tax Gap and Preventing Identity Theft

Chairman Platts, Ranking Member Towns and distinguished members of the Subcommittee, I would like to thank you for allowing me to provide comments on closing the tax gap and preventing identity theft. As President of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), I have the honor of representing the men and women at the IRS who serve on the front lines of our ...

Congressional Testimony
05/03/2016
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
05/03/2016
Internal Revenue Service Budget for FY 2013 and the 2012 Tax Filing Season

Chairman Boustany, Ranking Member Lewis and distinguished members of the Subcommittee, I would like to thank you for allowing me to provide comments on the Administration’s FY 2013 budget request for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the 2012 tax filing season. As President of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), I have the honor of representing ...

Congressional Testimony
05/03/2016
Federal Retirement Processing: Ensuring Proper and Timely Payments

Chairman Akaka, Ranking Member Johnson, and other Committee Members, thank you for allowing me to share with you the experiences of my union members with federal retiree pension processing. NTEU represents over 150,000 employees in 31 different agencies. It is clear that there are serious problems with OPM’s processing of federal retiree annuity ...

Congressional Testimony
05/03/2016
Internal Revenue Service Budget for FY 2012

Chairman Boustany, Ranking Member Lewis, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee, I would like to thank you for allowing me to provide comments on the Administration’s FY 2012 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 ...

Congressional Testimony
05/03/2016
Internal Revenue Service Budget for FY 2012

Chairwoman Emerson, Ranking Member Serrano, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee, I would like to thank you for allowing me to provide comments on the Administration’s FY 2012 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 ...

Congressional Testimony
05/03/2016
The Thrift Savings Plan: Helping Federal Employees Achieve Retirement Security

Chairman Ross, Ranking Member Lynch, and Subcommittee Members, thank you for allowing me to share NTEU’s views on the Thrift Savings Plan. We believe that the TSP has been an important part of the retirement program for employees in the FERS system. We have been pleased with the productive working relationship that the Employee Thrift Advisory Council (ETAC) ...

Congressional Testimony
05/03/2016
FY2012 Funding Request for the Securities and Exchange Commission

For a decade now, the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) has represented the men and women who work at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). When NTEU first began to represent the employees, we were able to help make great strides forward in improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the agency. The NTEU supported Investors and Capital ...

Congressional Testimony
05/03/2016
Extension of Employer Provided Mass Transit Benefit

Chairman Baucus, Ranking Member Hatch, and distinguished members of the Committee, on behalf of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), I would like to thank you for allowing me to submit comments on the importance of extending the employer provided mass transit benefit. As you know, in 2010, as part of the “Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance ...

Congressional Testimony
05/03/2016
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 ...

Congressional Testimony
05/03/2016
Authorizing the Transportation Security Administration for FY 2012 and FY 2013

Chairman Rogers and Ranking Member Jackson-Lee: Thank you for allowing me to provide this testimony on authorizing the Transportation Security Administration for fiscal years 2012 and 2013. As National President of the National Treasury Employees Union, I represent several thousand Transportation Security Administration Officers. I would like to share with ...

Congressional Testimony
05/03/2016
Am Assessment of Checkpoint Security: Are Our Airports Keeping Passengers Safe?

Madam Chair and Ranking Member Dent, thank you for allowing me to share some thoughts on checkpoint security. As National President of NTEU, I represent thousands of TSOs at over 40 airports. Many of my members came to TSA when it was created, not long after 9/11. They came to TSA because they wanted to help keep this country safe. Despite the many ...

Congressional Testimony
05/03/2016
Internal Revenue Service Budget for FY 2011

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 ...