    [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 38 (Wednesday, February 26, 2025)]
    [House]
    [Page H864]
    From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                            FIRED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP

      (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 to share the story of a Federal
    worker, an FAA scientist, who DOGE and the administration fired. This
    person's job was to create and maintain flight maps that air traffic
    controllers and pilots could use to navigate airspace. Without these
    maps, ``pilots would quite literally be flying blind.''
      Yet the Trump administration says they didn't fire anyone at FAA
    working in critical safety positions. However, it is pretty obvious
    that the scientists who make the maps pilots use to fly are critical to
    aviation safety.
      Moreover, aviation safety has become a big issue lately, with recent
    close calls and crashes, including one in my home State of Virginia.
      Mr. Speaker, how do we expect Americans to feel safe if we are firing
    the very scientists who keep us safe?
      These cuts aren't going to save much money. These dollars are a drop
    in the bucket, but they will cost lives.

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