Discussion · House of Representatives
Glenn Grothman Republican
“I want a study on what happens if we cut the defense workforce. Many federal workers do not do enough work, and we should be allowed to study this.”
“Mr. Chair, just one final comment. We didn’t say we were going to reduce the workforce by 200,000. We were going to say what happens if we try to do it. I do believe if you get around here and ask people, they will give you anecdotal evidence of people working for a very short period of time. As far as already dealing with this, there was a buyout. As I mentioned, they bought out several employees who they shouldn’t have bought out. Right now, we have reduced the workforce by about 65,000. Again, I think if you ask people in this town, it will not be hard to find people who feel people working in the Federal agencies are not doing a lot. I know that is true in the private sector. It is certainly more likely to be true here. Mr. Chair, I am a little bit shocked that we won’t even allow the Department to do a study. I reserve the balance of my time.”
Mr. Chair, just one final comment. We didn’t say we were going to reduce the workforce by 200,000. We were going to say what happens if we try to do it. I do believe if you get around here and ask people, they will give you anecdotal evidence of people working for a very short period of time. As far as already dealing with this, there was a buyout. As I mentioned, they bought out several employees who they shouldn’t have bought out. Right now, we have reduced the workforce by about 65,000. Again, I think if you ask people in this town, it will not be hard to find people who feel people working in the Federal agencies are not doing a lot. I know that is true in the private sector. It is certainly more likely to be true here. Mr. Chair, I am a little bit shocked that we won’t even allow the Department to do a study. I reserve the balance of my time.