House Republicans on Wednesday said the Biden administration misled the American people about a federal workforce that has largely not shown up to the office in years, and that Donald Trump inheriting COVID-style telework was emblematic of Biden prioritizing the interests of federal unions and employees over the American people.
At the first hearing of the 119th Congress’ House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, members called for a clampdown on federal union privileges and grilled former Social Security Commissioner Martin O’Malley for signing a contract locking in extensive telework in his last week on the job, citing a Daily Wire report that found O’Malley flew to Florida to party with union members just before signing.
“How is this good for democracy?” Chairman James Comer (R-KY) asked O’Malley. “The voters just granted Donald Trump an electoral mandate to run the executive branch. Should union contracts designed to tie his hands take precedence over the…
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