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NARFE Responds to Congressman Moran’s Retirement Announcement

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Contact: Jessica Klement
January 15, 2014 703-838-7760
  jklement@narfe.org

(Alexandria, VA) – In response to the announcement by U.S. Rep. James P. Moran, D-VA, that he will not seek re-election, Joseph A. Beaudoin, president of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association (NARFE), released the following statement:

“In his more than two decades serving in the House of Representatives, Congressman Jim Moran has proven a strong advocate for our nation’s public servants. His steadfast support and leadership to restore retroactive pay to furloughed federal employees last fall is just the latest example of his dedicated work on behalf of federal employees in his district and across the country.

“Not only has he consistently crossed party lines to implement critical initiatives to recruit new talent for our federal workforce, he also worked tirelessly behind the scenes and on the public stage to protect and enhance the earned pay and benefits of all federal employees and annuitants. Particularly, he led the efforts to ensure that Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) employees were able to credit unused sick leave towards retirement annuities, and to rectify a law that reduced the future annuities of Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) employees who end their careers in part-time status.

“On behalf of America’s active and retired federal workers, we thank Congressman Moran for his distinguished service to our nation.”

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The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association (NARFE), one of America’s oldest and largest associations, was founded in 1921 with the mission of protecting the earned rights and benefits of America’s active and retired federal workers. The largest federal employee/retiree organization, NARFE represents the retirement interests of nearly five million current and future federal annuitants, spouses and survivors.