the civilian workforce is about 3% veteran. the federal workforce is 30% veteran. and veteran workers are also disproportionately probationary employees. the actions thus far taken by this administration are punishing american veterans. badly. i live in one of the states that has the highest per capita representation of veterans. we are seeing veterans, people laid off at v.a. clinics. i have to v.a. clinics that are supposed to open in the next month whose opening is jeopardized because of the mass firings. even outside of the v.a., the disproportionate effect of the firings to this point fall hard upon veterans. i'm happy to hear you will take it seriously if any major employer in this country disproportionately punishes veterans. do you know what a restrictive covenant is? ms. chavez-deremer: i do not. sen. kaine: it is when an employer as a condition of employment makes an employee say if you leave, you cannot work with anybody in the same ministry. i am sure you are familiar with the concept, there are different titles. ms. chavez-deremer: yes. sen. kaine: you

again workforce investment, workforce development. often times as a former mayor, as we do not go out and talk to the business community if we do not go out to talk about what they are seeking and how they canow find those jobs, we have o make sure we are the leaders in this nation t and in the world. not china and not any other country. president trump, the golden age you mention this is been first and foremost the america first agenda workforce development and protecting the american worker have the ability to earn those wages in the american dream is number one in the america first agenda. that to me is telling why this coalition. this new direction of the bringing labor, business and support is to uplift all americans first and foremost on the presidents mind. >> back in november, president biden was still in office is labor department reported a 31% increase over the last five years of illegal child labor in america. a direct result of open borders. have you thought about what the labor department, president trump in your leaders

[applause] we need to address workforce shortages for the future.d to make sure our workers today are being treated fairly. let's be real, folks. our wage structure in pennsylvania is too low. [applause] that's been stuck for the last 15 years. and in that time, every single one of our neighboring states has raised the minimum wage for their workers in maryland and delaware are up 15 bucks, new york and new jersey are over 15 bucks ohio west virginia is $8.75. in the last session the house of representatives passed legislation to increase our minimum wage to $15 an hour and the senate sat on their hands. that decision to do nothing is hurting our workers. we have spent so much time passing laws to put money back in people's pockets by cutting taxes. how about we put more money in people's pockets by raising their wages? come together let's raise the minimum wage in pennsylvania. [applause] this budget places a special emphasis on filling critical workforce gaps it makes strategic commonsense investments to give every pennsylvania a shot at success.

the workforce must grow accordingly. regard, i am concerned that we have already begun to see attacks on department of the workforce. the trump administration has taken pride in its threat two/the bureaucratic workforce. reducing the acquisition workforce will increase the timeline and it will inject new inefficiency into the network. i would welcome your thoughts on this and your recommendations to make sure that the workforce is appropriately sized and trains. this will require more than overhauling systems and increasing funding. it will require bold thinking at every level of the enterprise. i reminded of a quote attributed to winston churchill. gentlemen, we have run out of money, now we have to think. successful innovation requires people to adapt to new technologies and to adapt processes to new situations. now we must think. to help us do so, i look forward to hearing from this insightful panel of experts and i hope we can work together to build a better understanding of how the department of defense can adapt fl

help train and develop workforce. last but not least we have a res structured the technologies division to hone and focus all of the resources necessary to bring nuclear capability, workforce development training into the australian theater in support. it's a creation of a new global security group with all of those groups rolling in. we will provide that full window through which the full capability hi has for the end of pacific for that. so, with that over to you mike. >> yes, sounds good. the first thing i want to do is deviate a little bit. he is worried now. october , 62 what happened then? >> the cuban missile crisis. scott born smack dab in the human missile crisis. designed for the north america engines that when some of our first icbms. the first job was on the peacekeeper program. today i have the privilege to work on the sentinel program in the air force. we are doing sustainability work, not greco but the statement made is doing sustainability work hma at sterling which is close to the henderson defense pr

most people don't know what veterans make up 30% some of the federal workforce. federal government is the biggest employer of veterans nationwide by a wide margin. of the so-called doj says they intend to cut 75% of the federal workforce, that means they intend to fire half ina million veterans in this country. this is unacceptable, this is not what the american people voted for. this is absolutely cannot happen. let's talk about what happens if we lay off 75% some of the va workforce make no mistake this would decimate our ability to care for veterans in this country. if we lose 75% some of the va workforce we will no longer be able to make good on that promise. when they needed us, when we needed them to defend our freedom they were there. now that they need us to make good on our promise to care for them, we won't be there. that is not dangerous, isthat cannot happen, we simply cannot allow that to happen in this country. this administration must pump the brakes on everything they are doing to the federal workforce because there are unacceptable consequences j

we need them in the workforce. as the chairman mentioned, we have seven million, eight million open jobs in america. we don't have the luxury to exclude anyone from the workforce f. you're ready, willing and able, we want you there. so we commend the chairman, ranking member, others for their leadership and updating the system. we believe that we need to get this done in congress. we are heartened by the bipartisan interest and continuing efforts of this congress and encourage the following provisions to be retained. direct 50% of pounds for training, leverage expertise, and create new staffing options. members of the committee, the solution is clear. we need a national strait tree that allianz education with workforce demands. and shrm stands ready to partner with you. this isn't about jobs. it's about people's lives and livelihoods. thank you, and i look forward to your questions. >> thank you, mr. taylor, and thanks to each of the witnesses. under committee rule 9, we'll now question the witnesses under the five

actually workforce is sized and frank. the defense department innovation strategy for increasing funding and leaders at every level. i'm reminded of a quote churchill judgment, we have learned money now we have to think. creative will to not only adapt to technology for the theft where technology is not included. now we must. i look forward's panel of experts that hope we can work together have a better understanding act quickly thank you for your witnesses and i look forward to this testimony. >> i'm going to say the senator will understand and be compared and i will give my five minutes as he has to reside in a few moments and followed by the ranking member and go forward on down. delighted to have you and you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you for the opportunity to justify today and i want to commend you on your proposal. i was fist pumping in the air. this is the reform we need. i spent two decades fighting bureaucracy to deliver cutting edge technology my message is simple procurement precisely the moment

the legislature has invested in housing, daycare, workforce attraction, and retention.e must evaluate how those resources are being spent, figure out what is working and what isn't, and streamline those programs and deploy them to communities large and small in a way that works for them. we need more solutions and fewer programs. we need more solutions and fewer programs. if we can increase access to hunting, fishing, and outdoors, we can create an entire generation of north dakotans who want to make this place their home. north dakota is a special place. since its inception, it has been home to risktakers. climbing up a rock in norway, packing everything you own into one trunk, getting on a boat, and ceiling halfway across the world to a place you have never been is not for the faint of heart. the native people who made north dakota their home long before the first immigrants ever got here tough. the people that settled here were tough. the people that live here now are tough. we deal with blizzards, floods, tornadoes, hail, and drought. but most people call climate ch

workforce, but equally important, to give our allies confidence that they can share their most sensitive intelligence with us. make no mistake about it. if our allies stop sharing that intelligence, we will be less safe. to offer just one example, last summer intelligence sharing between the united states and austria saved countless lives by disrupting a terrorist attack at a taylor swift concert. underscoring the importance of these relationships. ms. gabbard has also been publicly outspoken in her praise and defense of edward snowden, someone who betrayed the trust and jeopardized the security of our nation. the have as majority of -- the vast majority of the information he stole and leaked, before i would mind you, he ran off to high tail in both china and russia, most of this information, i can assure you, had nothing to do with america's privacy, but did compromise our nation's most sensitive collection sources and methods. in many ways, we're still paying a price for snowden's betrayal and it is beyond dispute that his actions put our men and women in uniform in places like iraq an

workforce. >> eligibility is not the entire workforce walking out the door. the as we go through these budgetary changes, but also as we go through this issue of making certain that we have agencies. >> departments. >> bureaucracies that are responsive to policy leaderships of groups and organizations in the federal government. it's really important to be able to make these transitions. and i. >> think. >> the cia. >> and i think director ratcliffe is making the right decisions. he's a great leader. he understands certainly what the cia needs to do. he's he's led. >> what about his. >> what about his deputy. >> mike ellis? >> i think mike ellis is going to be listening directly to the director, who's a great, great leader. and i think you're going to see excellent national security policy come out of the cia. >> and do you think that at this stage with our national security and our counterterror issues having withdrawn from afghanistan and not having eyes on their with isis potentially resurgent, with hamas fighters reappearing in gaza, is this. >> the time.

now let's talk about what happens if we lay off 75% of the va workforce. make no mistake, this would decimate our ability to care for veterans in this country. >> that's right. >> let's not forget that we make a solemn promise to every man and woman who wears the uniform that they are going to be cared for when their service is complete but if we lose 75% of the va workforce, we will no longer be able to make good on that promise. when they needed us to -- when we needed them to defend our freedoms, they were there. >> yeah. >> but now that they need us to make good on our promise to care for them, we won't be there. that is outrageous, that cannot happen, we simply cannot allow that to happen in this country. so this administration must pump the brakes on everything that they are doing to the federal workforce because they are unacceptable consequences just like what is happening to american veterans right now. >> and now another great colleague maggie hassen of new hampshire. >> well, thank you, dick. i am here today because granite staters are deeply al

but if we lose 75% of the va workforce, the v.a. workforce, we will no longer be able to make good on that promise. when we needed them to defend our freedoms, they were there. but now that they need us to make good on our promise to care for them, we won't be there. that is outrageous. that cannot happen. we simply cannot allow that to happen in this country. this administration must pump the brakes on everything they are doing to the federal workforce, because there are unacceptable consequences, just like what is happening to american veterans right now. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. sen. blumenthal: thank you. and now another great colleague, maggie hassan of new hampshire. [applause] sen. hassan: well, thank you. i am here today because granite staters are deeply alarmed by the trump administration closely reckless actions to we the v.a. while we can never fully repay our veterans for the sacrifices they've made, we have an obligation to try every day, and one of the ways we can try is by making sure that our veterans hav

what are the on strains and something i'm surprised habit come up with is manpower, workforce. every business is looking for workers and that includes the shipyards and we need to really be thinking about that, the government needs to be thinking about that. we not only need to be funding facilities at a major defense production but we need to be talking about parking and day care and housing, all of those, talk about constraints, major employer in maine, they have people come from out of state and then they can't find a place to live that they can afford, so all of those things are interrelated and i think if we are talking about constraints, the workforce constraint is a national problem. i assume it's a problem in other states, every business that comes to my office is short of people whether it's truck drivers, professionals, nurses, hospitals are down 500 nurses. this is something that we really need to address as a country in terms of training and bringing people along and -- and engaging at a younger age. you guys have done a good job working with a community college and

i am proud to lead an incredible workforce of -- this workforce has stood up for d.c..during covid. during snowstorms. in january we had three national special security events. two snowstorms. we had an inaugural ceremony that change the thursday before the monday of the inauguration. so, all of these activities were supported by public servants. our public servants, especially our police department, have also led to a historic decrease in crime that we experienced in 2024. the previous year had been a tough year for us, admittedly, and we worked very hard to change what i thought, in some cases, were covid era policies that went into effect that affected the very fragile balance of a public safety ecosystem in washington. we worked with the council to really reset the laws. in my view, we had to get a better focus on accountability for violent crime. we have been able to do that and we are seeing the impacts of that. so, those are all of our police officers who go to work every single day. our teachers have been incredible. we just got our national report card scores a

if you want to get more out of your workforce, you don't go in with a plan and let's traumatize the workforce or let's arbitrarily cut here, cut there, fire the good people, let the folks maybe not so good stay on. but that is what i believe is going on. mr. vought's vision of a traumatized workforce or group of folks that nobody elected may not even have appropriate security clearances going into the treasury, getting access to the files that never had been subject to this kind of -- there are -- you want to decide about a funding program, fight it at the agency that authorizes, not at the folks who write the checks. the only reason you want to find out who the government is paying beyond what you can find on usa spends which is something we created more than a decade ago would be -- why does -- nobody elected. this file has never been examined under trump one, bush, obama. unless you want to get in and potentially manipulate this file. i don't know if that's the case, but i do know you don't put a coder that's 25 into look at all this information. how many of those $1.3 billion line items a

i'm proud to lead an incredible workforce this workforce has to do for the seat during covid-19 and sincey we've had three national national security events. two snowstorms, we've had an inaugural — change thursday before the monday of the inauguration and so all of these activities are supported by the public servants at a public service that's also led to a historic decrease in crimes since 2024th of the previous year tough year and millie, we were very hard to change my thought in somean cases, for the covid-19 era policies that when into effect that affected pre- fragile balance of the public safety in washington we work for the council to really resent the loss and in my view, we had to get a better focus on accountability provide crime. we been able to do that pretty we see the impact that so those are all were police officers in our teachers again are incredible boat cut got the national report card public schools are outpacing urban school district for the country and classrooms really moving the kids and so in reading methods of a proud of the work that are workforce printed piec

on the workforce? mr. resh: of your entire budget, 4%. if you cut the entire workforce, 4% would be reflected. >> do you know why often we use private companies and contractors in the federal government, sir? because you can actually fire them. it is easier to fire them if they are not performing. have you ever ran a large organization or small business? mr. resh: i have not. >> i find it interesting we bring in a governor of one of the united states who has actually run a state to talk about the cuts, the elimination of fraud, waste, and abuse, and how she's got her state high-performing and made a bunch of changes that they actually have a surplus and my democratic colleagues bring in a professor who has never run a large organization, never run a small business, and therefore has really no idea what it is like to deal with the consequences of out-of-control spending and inefficiencies. does that strike anyone else in the room as odd? what about you, mr. schatz? who will you take advice from an effic

that workforce has been offered buyouts as well.he fbi beyond offers to to to pay people to leave. they're doing a purge of anybody involved in any case that the president didn't like. are you worried that this is going to leave the country at risk? fbi does a lot of important jobs that americans care about to keep them safe. the cia does a lot of important jobs that americans care about. they may not know what usaid does, but they're going to begin to know programs that disappear. are there costs for republicans to this? >> no, actually, i was thinking about this earlier. i mean, the trump folks kind of know what they're doing here. actually, i think every fight that the democrats pick on this, on all these issues, whether it's donald trump has already won them with the voters, ending the foreign aid debacle that's been going on, reducing the size of the bureaucracy, getting men out of women's sports. all of these issues are big issues. and so every day that the democrats team up with the bureaucracy and find some friendly federal

and workforce as those efforts lock to chop down the irs at the height of tax season. lawmakers supporting those cuts come face to face with some angry constituents. plus, ukraine's president, under pressure from the white house to second look at president trump's proposed deal handling over half of the us ally's mineral rights. what zelensky wants in return. and disturbing discoveries after the remains of october 7th. hostages return home. fresh heartbreak creating new obstacles as the already fragile ceasefire barely holds on. good day. it is noon on the east coast, 9 a.m. pacific. i'm jose diaz balart. thousands more government workers will be laid off after a federal judge on thursday denied a bid by unions to stop the firings, clearing the way for president trump and elon musk to continue shrinking the federal government. the plan includes cuts of up to 4500 workers at the department of housing and urban development. more than 200 layoffs at tsa and more than 6000 at the irs. right in the middle of tax season. now, yesterday at a conservative conference outside wa

organ on concerned way falling behind in training, a skilled work, cuz bringing it off into the workforce to revitalize our economy. it was the policy should be a higher priority, just like i said, i, you know, i find this overall shift to the right and do a very problematic. just go through math. this is germany drifting appalled school is the hope, the young populace logan's and simple on with a new column and now being elected, we visited people who have taken x. the 1st stopped from unique to there we go. picturesque, wealthy, expensive in the city center luxury boutiques high end goods. however, the downside is full so visible, it's simply too expensive for many as well for the property prices and rents should have been kept a long time ago. no one can afford it any more. the other men, all of those, plus over 2 quarters, the scared of what might come next. it's getting hotter and hotter. music isn't ready. extremely expensive. we met with a woman who's very familiar with those changes. people living in poverty and unit can come here to the bank for help the mattress that come things

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this graph shows the federal workforce. it has remained at nearly the same level for 50 years, while the u.s. population has grown by 100 million people. the bottom line is, donald trump and elon musk are lying to you, lying to the american people, under the guise of efficiency. they are dismantling every department. that is not efficiency. they are breaking down the government illegally. from usaid vital to national security, to the department of education, department of labor, environmental protection agency, they are going after your health care, schools, safety, data, illegally and unvented -- unvetted. the ultimate aim, to distract the american people, get money to gift their billionaire buddies with massive tax cuts. just watch them. thank you, i yelled back. chair comer: would you yield to the ranking member? rep. ansari: i yield back. chair comer: does elon musk bring some specialty or expertise in terms of emilia rating or cutting back or pruning or making qualitative judgments of the programs? does he bring specia

on the workforce? mr. resh: of your entire budget, 4%. if you cut the entire workforce, 4% would be reflected. >> do you know why often we use private companies and contractors in the federal government, sir? because you can actually fire them. it is easier to fire them if they are not performing. have you ever ran a large organization or small business? mr. resh: i have not. >> i find it interesting we bring in a governor of one of the united states who has actually run a state to talk about the cuts, the elimination of fraud, waste, and abuse, and how she's got her state high-performing and made a bunch of changes that they actually have a surplus and my democratic colleagues bring in a professor who has never run a large organization, never run a small business, and therefore has really no idea what it is like to deal with the consequences of out-of-control spending and inefficiencies. does that strike anyone else in the room as odd? what about you, mr. schatz? who will you take advice from an effic

vote also has strong views about the federal workforce. during a speech in 2023, he said, quote, we want the bureaucrats to be traumatically affected 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, end quote, because they are increasingly viewed as the villains. who could those villains be? our government administrative assistants, the villains, the nih scientists and researchers, the federal agents, the prosecutors, environmental regulators? air traffic controllers? are they the villains? but most importantly, vote has unorthodox views about his own role as the director of omb. he's spoken about how the expansive powers of the presidency also mean taking more control of the white house's budget by ensuring that executive branch spending aligns with the president's ideology. at his confirmation hearing last month, he explicitly said that he thinks the impoundment control act of 1974 is unconstitutional. that law reasserts congress's constitutionally mandated pow

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aid workforce will be cut from 10,000 to just under 300 people. part of the trump administration's plan to dismantle the humanitarian agency. two labor groups, however, have filed a lawsuit against the trump administration trying to stop it from leveling this agency. the clock though quickly running out. joining us now to discuss is randy chester, usaid vice president for the american foreign service association. thank you so much, randy, for joining us. at this time, when i know you and the other employees at usaid are beyond rattled, can can you first tell me what kind of information have you received about your future at usaid? >> absolutely nothing. the administration hasn't told us what to expect in the coming days, other than for the 1400 foreign service officers and their families overseas, to be expected to be recalled to the states in 30 days. the future of those of us who will be laid off at 11:59 p.m. tonight. we don't know what that means. are we on administrative leave indefinitely while they complete a reduction in force, or will we