Gerry Connolly: Continued attacks on feds could trigger crisis

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"It is truly unprecedented that Congress has chosen the federal worker as the place for sacrifice," Connolly said. "We've now frozen federal pay for three years in a row, or will have, contributing $90 billion toward the debt. No other group in America has been asked to make a comparable sacrifice."

The pay roll tax extension bill will require an additional $15 billion from the federal workforce through changes in the pension program, which means the government workforce will "pay more and get less," Connolly said.

The pending transportation bill would also carve out $40 billion from new and existing federal employees. If the act gets passed, federal workers would see a 300 percent spike in how much they pay toward their pensions, while their benefits get reduced by 40 percent, Connolly said.  

"Three different bills in just the last two weeks, targeting federal employees," he said. "This is going to have a devastating effect on morale, productivity and our ability to recruit the workforce in the future."

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