[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 121 (Tuesday, July 15, 2025)]
[House]
[Pages H3256-H3257]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     MASS STATE DEPARTMENT LAYOFFS

  (Mr. RASKIN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RASKIN. Mr. Speaker, on Friday, our National Archivist, our 
National Security Advisor, and our

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USAID Administrator took some time off from his work in these full-time 
positions to exercise his additional powers as Secretary of State of 
the United States.
  The guy with four Federal jobs fired, en masse, more than 1,300 
professional civil servants at the State Department, each of them doing 
just one job and, in general, doing it in an exemplary and excellent 
way. They have devoted their careers to America and America's role in 
the world.
  Yet, Secretary, Archivist, National Security Advisor, USAID 
Administrator Rubio has robbed America of centuries of their expertise 
for no apparent reason at all. This destruction of the American role in 
the world comes as China is bolstering its soft power everywhere.
  This is a giant blow to our national security and effectiveness in 
the world.
  I express gratitude to the patriotic men and women at the State 
Department, many of them my constituents, for their decades of service, 
and I affirm our enduring commitment to the values they have worked so 
hard to advance.

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