[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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