[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 39, Number 19 (Monday, May 12, 2003)]
[Page 571]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Statement on Legislation To Increase Salaries for the Federal Judiciary

May 9, 2003

    I am pleased to support legislation introduced in the Senate this 
week that would increase the annual salaries of Justices and judges of 
the United States. This bipartisan legislation, S. 1023, responds to the 
recommendation of the Chief Justice and the Judicial Conference that 
salary increases be enacted for the Judiciary.