Bipartisan Senate Group Urges Leaders to Put American Taxpayers First, Block Congressional Pay Raise

Jun 21, 2019

WASHINGTON – Arizona senior Senator Kyrsten Sinema and Republican Senators Rick Scott (Fla.) and Mike Braun (Ind.) wrote Senate Appropriations Committee members urging them to adopt a provision that will ensure members of Congress do not receive a pay raise in this year’s budget.

“There is no reason members of Congress should receive an increase in their taxpayer-funded salaries, especially when there are so many issues important to American families that we should be focused on instead,” the Senators wrote. 

The full text of the letter can be found HERE.