this is what russ vought did with respect to cfpb. he put the overwhelming number of employees on and ministry of leave and told them not to work. you are aware of that? mr. mckernan: i am not aware of the specifics. i know there are exceptions. sen. van hollen: this is the new story at the time, 1700 employees told to stop work immediately. my question is this. is it efficient to tell workers to stop working when you are continuing to pay those workers? is that efficient? mr. mckernan: i am not where of the circumstances. i know there are exceptions. my application will not have gotten through. sen. van hollen: you have been nominated for this position and you're telling me you're not aware of the stop work order issued by the current -- mr. mckernan: i am aware of it. i'm not aware of the exceptions. sen. van hollen: overwhelmingly they have been told not to continue to pursue consumer claims on behalf of the american people. don't do your job. they are still being paid. i would like to see them be paid and do their job. i think tha

vought has helped billionaire elon musk carry out the mass firings across the federal government. this memo directing agencies to plan for a significant reduction in the number of full-time workers, an effort to shrink the government that could ultimately leave 700,000 federal employees across the country out of a job. >> we want to put them in trauma. >> reporter: that trauma was on display friday as usaid workers left the building for the last time. >> usaid saves lives. >> reporter: that's how you would have described your work? >> that's right. we make america safer. >> reporter: for the last two years, kate scaife's job was to make thousands of humanitarian programs around the world run efficiently, a role she optimistically believed would match the priorities of the new administration. >> one of our senior leaders came up to me at one point passed me in the hall and said be prepared to be the most popular girl in the room in a couple weeks. >> reporter: her illusions faded last month when musk tweeted about feeding usaid into the wood chipper. the next day, scaife couldn't l

this is what russ vought did with respect to cfpb.put the overwhelming number of employees on and ministry of leave and told them not to work. you are aware of that? mr. mckernan: i am not aware of the specifics. i know there are exceptions. sen. van hollen: this is the new story at the time, 1700 employees told to stop work immediately. my question is this. is it efficient to tell workers to stop working when you are continuing to pay those workers? is that efficient? mr. mckernan: i am not where of the circumstances. i know there are exceptions. my application will not have gotten through. sen. van hollen: you have been nominated for this position and you're telling me you're not aware of the stop work order issued by the current -- mr. mckernan: i am aware of it. i'm not aware of the exceptions. sen. van hollen: overwhelmingly they have been told not to continue to pursue consumer claims on behalf of the american people. don't do your job. they are still being paid. i would like to see them be paid and do their job. i think that is

vought has helped billionaire elon musk carry out the mass firings across the federal government.ng agencies to plan for a significant reduction in the number of full-time workers, an effort to shrink the government that could ultimately leave 700,000 federal employees across the country out of a job. >> we want to put them in trauma. >> reporter: that trauma was on display friday as usaid workers left the building for the last time. >> usaid saves lives. >> that's how you would have described your work? >> that's right. we make america safer. >> reporter: for the last two years kate scafe's job was to make thousands of humanitarian programs around the world run efficiently, a role she optimistically believed would match the priorities of the new administration. >> one of our senior leaders came up to me at one point, passed me in the hall and said be prepared to be the most popular girl in the room in a couple weeks. >> reporter: her illusions faded last month when musk tweeted about feeding usaid into the wood chipper. the next day scafe couldn't log on to her work devices. >> i

. -- director vought. i can assure you he is the man to get management of the federal government act on track. if confirmed i look forward to serving as his deputy. thank you for considering my nomination and i look forward to your questions. chr. paul: thank you representative bishop. also want to recognize our current secretary of the department of health secretary kristi noem thanks for joining us today. at this time i will recognize the ranking member you're kind of going out of order because we had another committee. >> thank you mr. edgar and congressman bishop for being here today. the apartment performance security in the office of management and budget where you have each been nominated to fill very key positions plays a critical role in strengthening our national security, ensuring the federal government is operating effectively, efficiently and in accordance with law. mr. edgar as the committee considers your nomination there several questions about recent actions the administration has taken wi

october, propublica revealed that the man who now heads the office of management and budget russell vought said of federal workers in a private speech, when they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work because they are increasingly viewed as the villains. we want to put them in trauma. all this thrills a base that believes that the establishment is a bunch of arrogant urban cosmopolitans who have, over the last few decades, hollowed out america and left them dispossessed. the reality, however, is that over the last three decades, the united states has massively outperformed its rich peers, surging well ahead of europe and japan. as michael beckley notes in foreign affairs in 1995, japanese citizens were on average 50% wealthier than americans, measured in current dollars. today, americans are 140% richer. if japan were a u.s. state, it would rank as the poorest in average wages, behind mississippi, as would france, germany, and the united kingdom. from 1990 to 2019. u.s. median household income rose 55% after taxes, transfers and adjusting for inflation, with income

and to this man, the head of the office of budget and management, russ vought of the heritage foundation, the conservative think tank that has been gunning for social security for decades. these policy ideas, if enacted, will hurt millions of people. the social safety net in this country is already pitiful compared to other wealthy western nations. these policies must be confronted. if only there were a political party willing to fight for the other side in this class war. kicking us off this hour francesca fiorentini, comedian and co-host of american unhinged on youtube. and amara jones, founder and ceo of lash media. it's good to have both of you with us. francesca. it's not just medicaid. snap benefits are also now on the chopping block. do republicans not see how unpopular these cuts will be with their voting base, or do they simply not care? >> i think it's the latter. i think that they know the class war is on, and unless they actually meet opposition from the democratic party or from the people in the streets or through the ballot box, they're going to keep doing what they're doin

actually, that's a perfect i mean, that that reflects exactly what the current omb director, russell voughto traumatize these people and make them think that everybody hates them so they won't want to show up to work. he said that that's the intended goal. and it is interesting that these federal workers are actually just echoing what he wrote last fall, that that that the intended effort to traumatize these federal workers and make them afraid to go to work seems to be working. >> message fully received. and it's something that i heard from them, not just in the way that they talk about the environment in their workplace, but also you and i have all been to enough of these events. you bring a camera, people get a little nervous. they say, oh, i don't want to talk on camera. the reason was different this time when i was approaching these federal workers who in some cases had been fired in other cases, know that today is friday, and they assumed they'd probably be laid off today. there is such anxiety and concern about their own financial well-being, their own ability to also to continue ser