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Speaker says executive order linked to mass federal departures, $135 billion cost estimate
Summary
An unidentified speaker at a meeting argued that a Jan. 20, 2025 executive order creating 'Doge' precipitated large federal workforce losses, contractor cuts and a claimed $135 billion taxpayer cost; the assertions were presented as speaker statements and are not independently verified in the transcript.
An unidentified speaker opened a meeting to warn that a January 20, 2025 executive order creating a program the speaker called "Doge" has led to a large exodus of federal employees and contractors, damaging services and expertise across the country.
The speaker said "since President Trump signed the executive order to create Doge on 01/20/2025, we've had about over 317,000 federal workers leaving the government, either fired or resigned or simply left," and added that the departures have lowered morale among employees who remain. The speaker characterized the outflow as a "massive brain drain," saying it included…
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