    [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 38 (Wednesday, February 26, 2025)]
    [House]
    [Page H862]
    From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                            FIRED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP

      (Mr. BEYER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1
    minute.)
      Mr. BEYER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to share the story of a Federal
    scientist, and a constituent of mine, who has witnessed the impacts of
    President Trump and Elon Musk's recent firings. He wrote:

           This week, 168 of my colleagues at the National Science
         Foundation were fired in a mass meeting and then waited for
         hours for an email with instructions before they were removed
         from NSF systems.
           Two in my division were program assistants who provided
         crucial support for the review process--both early in their
         career and with tremendous promise as civil servants.
           Another in my division was an intermittent expert.
           National Science Foundation's work depends on bringing in
         knowledgeable experts from many fields, and intermittent
         experts are critical for this.
           To lose them is an incredible loss for STEM education.
           The cost of employing them to the government is small and
         far outweighed by the benefits of their service to NSF and
         the Nation.
           Letting them go makes no sense that I can see.

      Mr. Speaker, I agree with my constituent that this makes absolutely
    no sense. This will be a severe loss for American scientific leadership
    and scientific advancement at large.
      We stand with our scientific community and condemn these firings.

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