Extraordinarily effective so far far. Why is that a . Why are they so powerful and why can they push back against not only the president of the United States but the American People . One charles because they dont want to leave. Who better to talk about this than me . I was a secret Service Agent with access to the highest levels of power and i resigned. I left because frankly for what was going on. I didnt witness anything illegal per se but thats not what these people are doing. Ive seen is described in a number of places as a soft two. I dont disagree with that. They are staying within the government collecting taxpayerfunded salary to sabotage the administration. These people have no guts. Have some guts and go in resigned and stop collecting our money to destroy their livelihoods. These people are Civil Service protection. They are embedded like take some of them and they arent going to go anywhere. They will write it out until the very end. Charles of course it feels like its not
Extraordinarily effective so far far. Why is that a . Why are they so powerful and why can they push back against not only the president of the United States but the American People . One charles because they dont want to leave. Who better to talk about this than me . I was a secret Service Agent with access to the highest levels of power and i resigned. I left because frankly for what was going on. I didnt witness anything illegal per se but thats not what these people are doing. Ive seen is described in a number of places as a soft two. I dont disagree with that. They are staying within the government collecting taxpayerfunded salary to sabotage the administration. These people have no guts. Have some guts and go in resigned and stop collecting our money to destroy their livelihoods. These people are Civil Service protection. They are embedded like take some of them and they arent going to go anywhere. They will write it out until the very end. Charles of course it feels like its not
Declining income, there is the queeze and thats what all these callers have been telling us all morning and to everywhere this is the kind of thing that the political process grapple own needs to with and come up with creative answers. Right see a lot of it now. Host washington monthly, iewers can read more, your pieces at washington monthly. Com. Hall. Com, and with the ethics and Public Policy center, thank you for being here this morning. You have a happy 4th of july. Guest thank you. Host washington journal ahead, we will speak to gallup most er looking at the pressing problem facing the United States, well take calls obviously, first up well show a recent visit to the National Archives. The home of americas and met with ents farrio. Hivist david guest for those who have never been in this room before, what cases isplay in the behind you and how is the room set up . This is the rotunda of the home of archives, the charters of freedom, the constitution, the bill of rights of the dec
Declining income, there is the queeze and thats what all these callers have been telling us all morning and to everywhere this is the kind of thing that the political process grapple own needs to with and come up with creative answers. Right see a lot of it now. Host washington monthly, iewers can read more, your pieces at washington monthly. Com. Hall. Com, and with the ethics and Public Policy center, thank you for being here this morning. You have a happy 4th of july. Guest thank you. Host washington journal ahead, we will speak to gallup most er looking at the pressing problem facing the United States, well take calls obviously, first up well show a recent visit to the National Archives. The home of americas and met with ents farrio. Hivist david guest for those who have never been in this room before, what cases isplay in the behind you and how is the room set up . This is the rotunda of the home of archives, the charters of freedom, the constitution, the bill of rights of the dec
Watch afterwards sunday night at 9 eastern on cspan 2 book t. V. Washington journal continues. Back David Hawkings is with us on the washington journal, of course senior resident oll call, everything st congress. We should say this topic storms chafis making a pitch before he Left Congress for a big pay raise for members. We get to that pitch, remind us what Congress Members ake now, what the general benefits are for a member of congress. Guest sure. Of base salary for a member congress, the pace salary is 174,000 a year. Been that way for almost 2009, was s, since when that number was reached. He way the law is supposed to work, congress enacted a law in he 1990s to say the congressional salary would increase by the cost of living every Year Unless Congress voted increase. Hat and every year since 2009, actually as done so, the bill, the appropriations bill the house will vote on this it again for ck another year. 174, only exceptions are the two majority leaders and wo minority leade