Senator Murray Statement on Trump EO Ordering Reckless Mass Firings at Critical Agencies that Serve Americans

ICYMI: Senator Murray, Former WA Federal Workers Highlight How Trump Administration’s Unprecedented Assault on Federal Workers in WA State and Nationwide is Undermining Essential Services

Washington DC - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement on President Trump signing a new executive order ordering massive, careless job cuts to federal agencies that are already understaffed—and are struggling to keep up with the demand for their services from the American people.

“Donald Trump and Elon Musk have never waited in line at a Social Security office or tried to get health care at the VA—and their reckless assault on our federal workforce shows that they sure couldn’t care less about the people who do. Arbitrary staffing cuts across government are the exact opposite of efficient; they will just make it harder for taxpayers to get the essential services they have earned. It means no one will be able to pick up the phone to help with your Social Security and Medicare benefits, it means energy and infrastructure projects will be delayed or canceled because their permits can’t get approved, and it means national parks will be closed because they don’t have the rangers to staff them.

“This executive action is yet another senseless move by two billionaires who have no clue what the federal government does or what it’s like for regular people who have to work every day for a living. Make no mistake, the contempt Trump and Musk have for federal workers will push out critical personnel across government—air traffic controllers, VA doctors, wildland firefighters, food safety inspectors, and more. Who on earth would want to work for someone who does nothing but denigrate their employees? This executive order will only make government worse and less efficient for the taxpayers who count on Social Security, Medicaid, and so much else.“

Just this morning, Senator Murray held a virtual press conference with former federal workers in Washington state to sound the alarm on the Trump administration’s all-out assault on America’s federal workforce. Senator Murray has spoken out forcefully en el piso del Senado against this administration’s attacks on federal workers, and sent an open letter to federal workers y un warning to her constituents in Washington state outlining her concerns with the administration’s so-called “Fork in the Road” offer.

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