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Garcia presses administration witness on staffing cuts as union warns of service disruptions
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Ranking Member Garcia recounted constituent stories of federal workers losing jobs and funding, asked administration witness Mr. Shriver whether workforce impact analyses were done, and elicited a warning from union leader Ms. Greenwald that cuts are degrading essential services.
Ranking Member Garcia pressed an administration witness at a congressional hearing about whether officials analyzed the workforce effects of recent staffing reductions, saying constituents who serve in agencies from the Army Corps of Engineers to national parks face instability and job loss.
Garcia opened with a constituent account of a civilian manager at the Army Corps of Engineers who took a post before his daughter was born and, she said, ‘‘worked without pay’’ during a prior shutdown while facing repeated threats of furlough or termination. Garcia…
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