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On the recordFebruary 24, 2025
Listen, we have a federal government that is inefficient, and we have an administration that is taking on that challenge of rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse and driving efficiency in our federal government. It needed to happen.
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Glenn Youngkin
Republican · Virginia

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Youngkin defends the administration's efforts to improve federal government efficiency amid layoffs.

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