Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise to share the story of a Federal scientist, and a constituent of mine, who has witnessed the impacts of President Trump and Elon Musk's recent firings. He wrote: This week, 168 of my colleagues at the National Science Foundation were fired in a mass meeting and then waited for hours for an email with instructions before they were removed from NSF systems. Two in my division were program assistants who provided crucial support for the review process--both early in their career and with tremendous promise as civil servants. Another in my division was an intermittent expert. National Science Foundation's work depends on bringing in knowledgeable experts from many fields, and intermittent experts are critical for this. To lose them is an incredible loss for STEM education. The cost of employing them to the government is small and far outweighed by the benefits of their service to NSF and the Nation. Letting them go makes no sense that I can see. Mr. Speaker, I agree with my constituent that this makes absolutely no sense. This will be a severe loss for American scientific leadership and scientific advancement at large. We stand with our scientific community and condemn these firings. ____________________”