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On the recordFebruary 26, 2025
DOGE--day by day, Americans are getting more alarmed by the slash-and-burn approach DOGE is taking to basic government programs. Americans certainly want a more efficient government, but what DOGE and Donald Trump are doing is not efficiency. Instead, it is chaos. Americans did not sign up for chaos, that is for sure. Americans did not sign up for DOGE to take its chain saw, for instance, to aviation safety. There was another near miss, this time in Chicago, in the air. Thank God no one was hurt, but this shows you the immense importance of having a fully staffed FAA. How on Earth is it efficiency to fire aviation safety assistance or maintenance mechanics or people who help with safety inspections and repairs? But that is just what DOGE did. I can't imagine any American thinks that is efficiency. The only thing that is going to accomplish, of course, is making flying less safe. It is going to lead to delays and mixups at airports. And not even the 9/11 families who lost loved ones or were hurt as they rushed to the towers right after 9/11, not even these folks were safe from the DOGE buzz saw. DOGE tried to ax the workforce for the World Trade Center Health Program. I am glad we pushed Donald Trump and DOGE to reverse.…
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Chuck Schumer
Democratic · New York

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