Protect America's Workforce Act

Floor Speech

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Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of H.R. 2550.

This bipartisan bill reverses an illegal executive order that stripped collective bargaining rights from roughly 67 percent of the Federal workforce, so more than two-thirds of the Federal workforce.

Removing their limited bargaining rights does not improve efficiency. It threatens the integrity of our civil service. These rights exist for one essential reason: to shield Federal employees from political pressure so that they serve the American people, not the agenda of any one President or political party.

No worker should have to take a political loyalty test to receive or keep his or her job. The Protect America's Workforce Act restores a balanced, targeted framework that respects national security, while reaffirming the rights of those who serve us.

Mr. Speaker, I urge all Members to support this legislation and restore these protections for over 1 million Federal workers. Again, this particular legislation is about no political loyalty test having to be administered to workers in the Federal Government. They are accountable to the American people.

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