[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 30 (Thursday, February 13, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H695]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  FEDERAL WORKERS SAVE TAXPAYERS MONEY

  (Mr. SUBRAMANYAM asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SUBRAMANYAM. Mr. Speaker, I rise because many people want to 
paint Federal workers and contractors as unskilled bureaucrats who 
waste taxpayer dollars. However, the reality is the opposite. I know 
this because Virginia is home to hundreds of thousands of our country's 
Federal workers and contractors, and I have heard from many of them.
  These Federal workers actually save taxpayers money, and they keep 
all Americans safe and healthy, despite all the regulations imposed on 
them by Congress. That is the bureaucracy. In almost all cases, they 
bring critical skills or expertise that are hard to replace.
  One GSA employees says firings in her department, which is focused on 
threats to America's crops, could cost us hundreds of millions of 
dollars down the road.
  One contractor who supports anti-terrorism efforts overseas was fired 
despite his track record of success countering extremism.
  These firings even threaten border security. A contractor who vets 
refugees has to lay off 100 security experts because of the cuts.
  No one will want to serve our government if Federal workers and 
contractors are treated this way. The attacks on Federal civil servants 
will cost taxpayers money and make all Americans less safe and less 
healthy.

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