Maryland Delegation Members Statement on Administration’s Lawless Mass Firings

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks and U.S. Representatives Steny Hoyer, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, Glenn Ivey, Sarah Elfreth, April McClain Delaney, and Johnny Olszewski (all D-Md.) released the following statement on the reports that the Trump Administration has initiated mass firings of federal workers amid their government shutdown:

"The Trump Administration is not only maliciously attacking our patriotic federal employees, but also the vital public services they provide to the American people. Republicans have been weaponizing the Office of Management and Budget to illegally fire federal workers since day one, and now they're using this shutdown of their own making to inflict even more trauma on the nonpartisan civil servants who have nothing to do with it. Working Americans will ultimately bear the brunt of these actions. We stand in solidarity with those fighting these illegal actions in the courts. It's critical that we protect our dedicated civil servants and the vital work they do for us while we continue pushing Republicans to reopen the federal government with a responsible funding agreement that stops this lawlessness and prevents a major rise in health care costs for millions of Americans."