exclude from consideration the furlough of DA civilian personnel as a means to reduce overall expenses.

No DA civilian should be furloughed as a result of members of Congress' unwillingness to do the job they were sent to Washington DC to do! To those Congress members that find their 'own' agenda matter more than "We the People". DA civilian personnel - We are the People; We are 'the Middleclass' and our lives matter too! DA civilian salaries were frozen for two years while the cost of daily necessities (groceries, gas, rent/mortgages) continue to rise! Congress voted themselves a raise - what did DA civilians get? The DA civilian can not and should not be made to take another hit! A furlough would adversely affect our family life; our communities and one can't imagine it would be good for the economy.