
Now, it is nearly impossible to fire a Federal worker. I know that because a lot of them work for me. But by simply saying to people we are going to take you outside the bubble, outside this liberal haven of Washington, DC, they quit. What…
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Now, it is nearly impossible to fire a Federal worker. I know that because a lot of them work for me. But by simply saying to people we are going to take you outside the bubble, outside this liberal haven of Washington, DC, they quit. What…

the recent push to relocate federal workers from the Washington, D.C. area is all about 'draining the swamp.'

We do not set a specific percentage of specific number.

I asked him, well, so should we compete with the Communist Government of China selling things below cost?

We shouldn't pass the DoD appropriations bill--because they get paid--until we have negotiated and passed.

He was putting his fist on the scale for the American public. It was a lot more than a thumb.

a benefit of moving federal agencies out of Washington, DC is that it causes federal employees to quit their jobs.

He didn't explain a decision. He went out there justifying reckless behavior by the President. He wasn't serving as attorney general, he's serving the President's guidance counselor.

How do I go to somebody who pays their taxes and say, 'Look, I want you to give this earned income tax credit to somebody who is working here illegally? That's not defensible.'

We believe in the social safety net. We absolutely do.

There is a dignity to work, and there's a necessity to work to help the country succeed.

If you are on food stamps and you are able-bodied, we need you to go to work.

What we've done is not to try and remove the safety net for folks who need it, but to try and figure out if there's folks who don't need it that need to be back in the workforce.

The president is not a white supremacist.

The President does not believe he is breaking his commitment to the American people at all.

We believe it is important to reduce crime. We believe that we adequately fund as Department of Justice resources.

One of the things that we have been most frustrated with the Army Corps is how slow they are with many of the projects.

I am telling you that Congress vested this authority and responsibility for running this agency in the Director, and that is me. So, yes.