Chellie Pingree: “Now we are in this, and we want to take advantage of the economic opportunity.”

Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero should be alive today.

I look forward to taking the debate stage, speaking directly to Maine voters about the issues that matter most and making clear what’s at stake in this election.

We, therefore, ask you to withdraw OPM and MSPB’s proposed rule, 'Promoting Employee Accountability,' and consider alternatives that preserve federal workers’ longstanding civil service protections.

This proposed rule would weaken longstanding civil service protections that promote merit-based employment, due process and the recruitment and retention of skilled workers.