To hear Ross tell it, the various wildlife mounts scattered about his inner sanctum — a collection which includes: a 10-point buck taken down with his Matthews Solocam compound bow; the first wild turkey he bagged with his eldest son, Shane; two feral male hogs (“We got ’em all over my district,” he asserts.); and a coiled and bare-fanged rattlesnake representative of the 5-foot-4-inch predator he says he inadvertently decimated with his .308 Ruger rifle — aren’t so much mementos of successful hunting campaigns as they are stepping stones in the career of an avid sportsman.
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“Today, GAO put empirical and numerical teeth into the argument the Chairman and I have been making for months. Namely, that there is no overpayment, that the Postal Service is being correctly and fairly assessed for the cost of its own collective bargaining agreements and that any legislation purporting to ‘return’ money to USPS is nothing but a taxpayer bailout by another name. The only legislation that recognizes this fact and addresses the true, systemic problems with the USPS is HR 2309, the Postal Reform Act myself and Chairman Issa introduced.”
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Lakeland, FL – Congressman Dennis A. Ross (R-FL), a member of the Education & workforce Committee and Chairman of the Oversight Subcommittee on Labor Policy, released the following statement upon introduction of H.R. 3904, The Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act. “This legislation serves to empower the individual laborer and not the labor bosses. By safeguarding privacy, ensuring free and fair elections and giving all affected employees a voice, the Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act is pro-w...
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On top of the issue of a bailout, Chairman Ross, along with Full Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, have introduced HR 2309, The Postal Reform Act (www.savingthepostalservice.com) that would address the challenges facing the Postal Service, require market reform and give postal leadership greater flexibility to operate the service as it was intended – like a business.
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