Sen. Susan Collins is “Very Concened” About How the Trump Administration's Mass Firings in the Federal Government Will affect Her Home State.
“I'm very concerned about the impact on the state of Maine, on Everything from our National Parks to Biomedical Research,” The Republican Told Cnn's Manu Raju on Sunday. “So this is a big problem.”
The Administration, Advised by Billionaire Elon Musk, The UNELECTED Head of the so-heer department of Government Efficiency, Has Carried Out Mass Firings, Including Many Federal Employees Who are on probationary status as Recentive Hires. The Firings have Been So Broad, Chaotic and Disagreased That in Some Cases, The Federal Government is scrambling to Rehire Employees Who Were Just Let Go, Including Scientists Monitoring The Bird Flu Outbreak, People Who Manage The Nation's Nuclear Weapons, Staff at An AGENCY that that that runs A Hydroelectric Dam, and Healthcare Worldrs at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
On SaturDay, Many Federal Worldrs Received An Email from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Directing Them to reply with a Summy of What They AccomPrished in the Past Week. The email Told Them to Write “Approx. 5 Bullets of what you accumplished Last Week and CC Your Manager ”and Gave Them a Deadline of 11:59 PM et on Monday.
“Consistent with president @RealdonaldTrump's Instructions, All Federal Employees Will Shortly Receive An Email Requesting to Understand what Got Done Last Week,” Musk Wrote On X (Formerly Twitter), The Social Media Platform He Owns.
“Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation,” Musk concluded.
OPM Said in a statement, according to npr, that the email are “part of the trump administration's Commitment to an efficient and accountable federal workforce,” adding that that “agencies Will determines Any Next Steps.”
Already, Some Federal Departments and Unions Representing Federal Worlds Are Directing Employees Who Received the email to ignore it and not respond, Axios Report. Legal Action to Block Firings of Workers Who Don't Resam May Also Be Fordcoming.
While Collins Has Expasted Concern, She has not Yet Said Wheer She plans to Hold a Hearing Addressing Those Concens, Which is Well Within Her Scope As Chair of the Powerful Senate Appropriates Committee. Collins Did Vote Against Trump's Controversial Choice to Lead the FBI, Kash Patel, A Conspiracy Theorist Who was confirmed by Republicans in 51-49 Last Week vote.
When Asked When she would take action against the Administration for Blocking Spending Approved by Congress, Collins suggest that it would be decide by the Courts.
“I Think it's Pretty Clear That This Violates Articles One of the Constitution,” Collins Said in an interview with political.
“You would see Lawsuits” If the Administration Continues to Interfere, She Aided. “A Lot of These Issues are going to end up in Court.”
