The overwhelming majority of Federal employees do their work in a nonpartisan manner, seeking to serve their fellow Americans.

Our nonpartisan civil service is essential for our government to operate effectively and protect U.S. national security interests.

Really for Federal employees to do their job based on data and the evidence in front of them and be able to voice their concerns impartially.

the idea of Schedule F is so concerning to me.

If somebody asked you, are you in favor of expanding Indian gaming or not expanding it, I understand your role is as regulator, but how do you answer that?

Political violence goes against everything that we stand for in a democracy, and I am grateful for the law enforcement officers who took swift action and protected him.

You mentioned 6,000 tribal regulators. What is your thought in terms of building some kind of connection or rapport with them?

We must work together to protect the interests of Native American tribes.

Thanks for being here today, thanks for coming by and visiting with me yesterday. I appreciate it very much.

I think the artificial intelligence issue was brought up by some of the Committee members earlier, and you referenced it as well.

Well, thank you very much. I am going to go vote, and I am going to tap this into a brief recess until the Chair gets back.

For Federal employees to do their job based on data and the evidence in front of them and be able to voice their concerns impartially.

it is one of the reasons the idea of Schedule F is so concerning to me.

If the goal is to actually ensure that agencies work effectively, for the citizens, for your constituents, then what we need to do is actually look at the root management causes around this.

his goal is to live to vote for Kamala Harris and see her elected president.

Are there additional steps that Congress can take to protect the Federal workforce and career civil servants from undue political influence?

I think, too, about a Federal employee who has some civil servant protections, who is getting pressure to adopt one policy or the next, which they know is not supported, for instance, by evidence, by data.

The overwhelming majority of Federal employees do their work in a nonpartisan manner, seeking to serve their fellow Americans.