Keith’s note: according to a press release by House Science Democrats: “The missions of these agencies are critical to the health, safety, and prosperity of the American people,” said the Members. “Our devoted public servants make those missions possible. If you take away the workforce, what are you left with? DOGE will stop at nothing to slash and burn core functions of our federal science agencies at the altar of their twisted idea of ‘efficiency.’ This must stop.” … “The bills would institute RIF moratoriums at the Department of Energy, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the National Science Foundation, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.” (includes bill texts).
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Well, that’s going nowhere…
Any rumors on whether the RIF plan inquiries from Congress got any meaningful response? If they did, maybe this is a warning that the RIFs are looking pretty bad…
Well that’s a waste of time unless they feel they can get 2/3 of the House & Senate to override a veto. That could very well be possible if there were enough federal workers in the GOP representative’s district.
I suspect the Republicans on the Committee fully endorse this, but for political reasons are publicly keeping silent