Appropriations Chairman Piles On to Members ‘Underpaid’ Remarks
By JM Rieger
Posted April 11, 2014 at 3:07pmTurns out not even the Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee can avoid weighing in on whether members are “underpaid.”
At an appropriations markup Wednesday, Rep. Harold Rogers, R-Ky., laid into Rep. James P. Moran, D-Va., after Moran’s amendment to raise each member’s pay by $2,800 was rejected by voice vote.