Political Quotes

“Mr. President, over the past 2 weeks, political operatives in the administration of President Trump and Elon Musk have shown the American people and the world that they plan to destroy as much of the professional workforce in the executive Agencies as they can get away with. Whether it is illegal--and it is--or unconstitutional--and it is--is of no concern. Inspectors general and career civil servants who have served the American people for decades--some for their entire professional lives--are being summarily removed without any due process at all--due process they are legally entitled to. They are being replaced with Musk-approved partisans who have little, if any, government experience or little, if any, substantive knowledge. They do have a qualification, and that is total loyalty to the President. On top of Mr. Musk's list of Agencies to eliminate in the United States is the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, as we know it. That has been the subject of a ferocious attack by Mr. Musk. That Agency is one that not many Americans know about but which fulfills a vital mission. It has a relatively small budget--less than 1 percent of the total Federal budget--and it has a large responsibility to support humanitarian, economic development, and governance programs in more than 100 countries. Whatever ``savings'' Elon Musk might obtain from cutting USAID would have no appreciable impact in offsetting Mr. Trump's huge tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans.…”