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Marcy Kaptur
@marcykaptur· Democratic · OH· Feb 16, 2025

The firings last week were utterly callous and dangerous.

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Richard Blumenthal
@richardblumenthal· Democratic · CT· Feb 14, 2025

Make no mistake — Trump is looking to fire probationary employees because it is easy, not because it is good for veterans or cost-effective.

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Patty Murray
@pattymurray· Democratic · WA· Feb 13, 2025

not because their work isn't desperately needed, but because Trump and Elon have decided to fire these researchers on a whim.

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Bill Hagerty
@billhagerty· Republican · TN· Feb 8, 2025

I think what President Trump is trying to do is be humane in the process of allowing them to make plans to find other employment.

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Adam Schiff
@adamschiff· Democratic · CA· Feb 7, 2025

Seasonal firefighters are essential to the public safety of those who live in fire-prone areas, and I am alarmed that federal firefighters are not party to this exemption.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Feb 5, 2025

I told Linda, 'Linda, I hope you do a great job and put yourself out of a job.'

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Jahana Hayes
@jahanahayes· Democratic · CT· Feb 13, 2024

[A]s of April 2023, states and towns struggled to fill over 833,000 open positions for the employees who actually do this work.

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Joe Courtney
@joecourtney· Democratic · CT· Jan 10, 2024

To me that is a step backward, and that is where, as a former small employer, before I came to Congress.

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Derrick Van Orden
@derrickvanorden· Republican · WI· Nov 1, 2023

If we can get our guys and gals behind the wheel and actively employed it to be fantastic.

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Tim Scott
@timscott· Republican · SC· Sep 26, 2023

If you want to restore hope, you've got to restore the family, restore capitalism and put Americans back at work together as one American family.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· May 14, 2015

Trade allows our people to work, our businesses to thrive, and our goods and services to compete on a global scale.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· May 13, 2015

U.S. exports support more than 11 million American jobs, which, on average, pay up to 18 percent more than jobs in other industries.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· May 11, 2015

In 2014, the Department of Justice, the Department of Labor, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the National Labor Relations Board launched a 'Vulnerable Workers Project.'

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