[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 25, 2025)]
[House]
[Pages H1229-H1230]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 EXPRESSING CONCERN REGARDING JOB CUTS

  (Ms. ROSS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. ROSS. Mr. Speaker, I am deeply concerned about the Trump 
administration's act to fire more than 1,000 EPA scientific researchers 
who have

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dedicated their careers to protecting the American people.
  I represent part of the Research Triangle Park, home to the largest 
EPA facility in the Nation, where researchers and scientists are 
solving some of our most complex environmental problems.
  In North Carolina, these committed public servants are working to 
combat PFAS and address our air quality issues. They were on the front 
lines of helping our citizens during Hurricane Helene.
  The Trump administration is attacking Federal research offices 
because they expose disastrous policies and hold polluters accountable. 
Eliminating the Office of Research and Development not only violates 
the law, it puts our people, public health, and the environment in 
danger.
  I will fight this dangerous plan to fire Federal workers and silence 
scientists with everything I have.

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