Trump And Musk Policies Wreak Havoc On Federal Agencies Says Mfume, Demands Accountability

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Trump and Elon Musk have severely impacted federal workers, veterans, and social security services, says Ranking Member Mfume. With mass firings, agency shutdowns, and unchecked decisions, critical programs are suffering. Mfume’s resolution seeks transparency into these actions, including the firing of 18 inspector generals. As federal workforce morale plummets, Congress must act to protect public service and restore oversight.

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00:00Thank you very much, Chairman Comer. I really do offer this on

00:05behalf of Federal workers in every State of the Nation who have

00:10been impacted by the decisions recently, the flurry of decisions

00:16by DOJ which occurred without due process. Those persons cannot

00:21be here today to speak on behalf of themselves or to offer this

00:26resolution of inquiry, but I do so on behalf of all of them. I

00:30thank you and the Ranking Member for the markup and for making

00:34this resolution in order.

00:35H.R. Res. 187 requests the President to transmit certain

00:44information to the House of Representatives referring to the

00:48termination, removal, placement on administrative leave and

00:53reassignment to any other Department of Federal work these

00:57individuals who have been affected. It also covers all of the

01:01inspector generals of the agencies that were also fired.

01:05The purpose of the resolution is simple, I hope at least. If

01:07passed, the President would receive a formal request from

01:12Congress to share information with us and with the American

01:17people about what his administration is doing to our Federal

01:21workforce, including independent nonpartisan inspectors

01:26general.

01:27Specifically, the resolution would require the Trump

01:31administration to provide documents, communication and

01:35information regarding all Federal employees who have been fired,

01:40reassigned or placed on administrative leave. It would also

01:45request the documents of the Office of Personnel Management's

01:49decision that employees classified or working in diversity,

01:55equity, inclusion and accessibility programs be subject to

02:00immediate removal. Americans have every right and every

02:04expectation to know how these determinations were made.

02:10Finally, this resolution requires the transmission of any and

02:13all documents related to the removal of nonpartisan inspectors

02:18general and whether the administration discuss Congress of any of

02:23these removals since they are legally required to do so.

02:28The resolution of inquiry is an extraordinary step that we are

02:31forced to take today after the administration has failed to

02:35respond to over six requests from members of this committee for

02:41information. The simple fact is that Elon Musk and Donald Trump's

02:46actions at DOJ or, as I prefer to call it, the Department of

02:50Government Evil, affects constituents in every congressional

02:54district in America and affects the congressional districts,

02:58obviously, of every member of this committee.

03:02Every American, regardless of race, religion, ethnicity, region

03:07or anything else, suffers when the waste times at the Veterans

03:11Administration and wait times at Social Security double, when

03:16there are no longer enough staff to administer federal grants

03:21that support cities and support farmers and support families.

03:26Those persons and those entities we all represent.

03:31And without any respect to due process, we have seen the

03:35unfolding of this and the hurt and the pain that has been

03:38inflicted upon it is not something that anybody in this committee

03:42made up. It is real.

03:44Despite the claims to the contrary, 80 percent of all federal

03:48workers live and work outside of Washington, D.C.

03:52Altogether, outside of those that represent the national capital

03:55region, members of this committee represent an estimated 416,000

04:01of those federal workers.

04:03These workers are almost equally distributed across districts,

04:07as I've said before, on both sides of the aisle in red states

04:11and in blue states.

04:13In my home district of Baltimore, 19,000 residents made a choice

04:17to dedicate their lives to the profession of public service,

04:22and they have worked for the federal government and as such

04:25supported the federal government.

04:27This resolution of inquiry is an opportunity for those

04:30constituents and really for all of our constituents to gain

04:34insight and transparency into why the Trump administration

04:38has made the decisions that they have made and give Congress

04:42an opportunity to fulfill our Article I responsibilities and

04:47demand real, intentional oversight.

04:51Beyond the impact to federal workers, this resolution also

04:54demands documents regarding the firing of independent

04:58inspectors general.

05:00As a ranking member of the Government Operations Subcommittee,

05:02I agree with many of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle

05:05that our country needs reforms to reduce fraud, waste, and abuse

05:10to make it work better for all that it is supposed to serve.

05:15That's why I could not believe it when, upon taking office,

05:18the President immediately fired 18 inspector generals.

05:23As we all know, inspector generals are Senate-confirmed.

05:27They are nonpartisan officials who work to provide oversight

05:30to the agencies that they are assigned to.

05:34These inspector generals and their teams have decades upon

05:37decades of institutional knowledge of the problems facing

05:41agencies and, more importantly, how to fix those problems.

05:46Many of them have been making important reforms to reduce

05:49improper payments and fraud, but now they are not able to do that.

05:54And if there was any instance of their repeated efforts to bring

05:58about change, just remember that the Department of Defense

06:02has failed seven straight audits.

06:05Any supporter of DOJ ought to have an interest in knowing why

06:09these inspector generals were illegally fired and why Congress

06:14didn't even receive notice as required under law.

06:19And so I'd like to close, Mr. Chairman, by again emphasizing

06:22our duty to the Federal workforce, to contractors, and to others

06:27who have been shamefully treated without due process for the

06:31crime of wanting to serve their country.

06:34These workers are Americans, Americans with families,

06:38Americans that are part of their communities, and Americans

06:41whose livelihood, in many respects, is now being destroyed.

06:46And so I invite my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to

06:50support this rare resolution of inquiry in order to give

06:54transparency and accountability a chance.

06:58Our constituents, all of them, are depending on it.

07:02Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I yield back.

07:04Don't miss out.

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