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House and Senate Democrats Send Letter Calling on GAO to Investigate Federal Worker Firings
May 30, 2025
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WASHINGTON, DC –  In response to the Trump Administration's unprecedented purge of tens of thousands of federal workers without cause, Acting Ranking Member on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Rep. Stephen F. Lynch (MA-08), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on FSGG Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations Rep. Kweisi Mfume (MD-07), and Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Delivering On Government Efficiency (DOGE) Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) led more than 30 Democrats in sending a letter to Comptroller General of the United States Gene L. Dodaro calling on the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to provide Congress with regular updates on how the Trump Administration's personnel actions are affecting the federal workforce.
Subcommittees
119th Congress
Issues: Administration Federal Workforce
Rep. Stephen F. Lynch’s Statement on House Passage of GOP Tax Scam and Republicans’ Betrayal of American Families
May 22, 2025
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Washington, D.C. (May 22, 2025)— After representing Oversight Democrats in the House Rules Committee’s consideration of the GOP Tax Scam, Rep. Stephen F. Lynch issued the following statement in response to the House passage of the bill:  

Issues: Federal Budget Federal Workforce Taxes
Rep. Stephen F. Lynch’s Opening Remarks at Dead of Night Rules Committee Consideration of GOP Tax Scam
May 21, 2025
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Washington, D.C. (May 21, 2025)— Below is Rep. Stephen F.

Issues: Federal Budget Federal Workforce
Rep. Stephen F. Lynch and Ranking Member Steny Hoyer Mobilize to Combat Attacks on Federal Workers Included in Republicans’ Extreme Budget Bill
May 14, 2025
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Washington, D.C. (May 14, 2025)— Today, Rep. Stephen F. Lynch and Rep. Steny Hoyer, the Ranking Member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, hosted a roundtable with major federal employee groups and civil service organizations to coordinate action against the Republican Budget’s House Oversight Reconciliation provisions that steal earned wages, benefits, and retirement security from federal workers to subsidize tax giveaways to billionaires.  Republicans’ budget includes provisions to steal earned retirement benefits, decrease the take home pay of existing and new federal employees, claw back already-promised retirement payments, and force new federal employees to choose between being subject to President Trump’s political purges of the federal workforce or receiving a smaller paycheck for their entire career.
Subcommittees
119th Congress
Issues: Congress Federal Budget Federal Workforce
Ranking Member Connolly Opposes OPM’s Scheme to Purge and Politicize the Federal Workforce
May 1, 2025
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Washington, D.C. (May 1, 2025)—Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Charles Ezell, Acting Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), opposing OPM’s plan to strip civil servants of protections to escalate the Administration’s political purge of the civil service.
Subcommittees
119th Congress
Issues: Administration Ethics and Transparency Federal Workforce
Ranking Member Connolly’s Statement on Oversight Republicans’ Billionaire Giveaway to Make America More Expensive
April 26, 2025
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Washington, D.C. (April 26, 2025)— Today, Rep. Gerald E.

Subcommittees
119th Congress
Issues: Economy & Jobs Federal Budget Federal Workforce
VIDEO: Oversight Democrats Launched 5 NEW Investigations This Week into Musk’s Rampant Conflicts of Interest
April 11, 2025
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Washington, D.C. (April 11, 2025)—This week, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform; Rep. Shontel Brown, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation; Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs; Rep. Jasmine Crockett, Vice Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform; Rep. Stephen F.

Subcommittees
119th Congress
Issues: Administration Ethics and Transparency Federal Workforce
“This May Not Be Fixable” “People Will Die” Committee Democrats Condemn RFK Jr. and Trump-Musk Administration for Purging a Combined 1,000 Years of Expertise from the FDA
April 10, 2025
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Washington, D.C. (April 10, 2025)—Yesterday, Committee Democrats denounced the Trump Administration’s purge of thousands of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) workers and questioned witnesses on the wide range of ways such cuts endanger the health and safety of all Americans.  Committee Republicans, on the other hand, leaned into conspiracies and attacked childhood vaccines.
Subcommittees
119th Congress
Issues: Administration Federal Workforce Health Care
Rep. Subramanyam’s Opening Remarks at Full Committee Hearing on Trump-Musk Administration’s Attacks on FDA and Public Health
April 9, 2025
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Washington, D.C. (April 9, 2025)—Below is Rep. Suhas Subramanyam’s opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at today’s Full Committee hearing on the Trump Administration’s purge of thousands of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) workers, endangering the health and safety of the American people.
Subcommittees
119th Congress
Issues: Federal Workforce Health Care
Oversight Democrats Urge HHS Secretary RFK Jr. to Halt Purge of FDA Staff, Warn of Increased Outbreaks of Contaminated Food
April 8, 2025
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Washington, D.C. (April 8, 2025)—Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services, and Rep.

Subcommittees
119th Congress
Issues: Federal Workforce Health Care
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