Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (D-VA-11), member of the U.S. House Oversight Subcommittee on Military and Foreign Affairs, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), and U.S. Senator Mark R. Warner (D-VA) introduced a resolution commemorating the seventh anniversary of journalist and Northern Virginia resident Jamal Khashoggi’s murder, which was directed by Saudi government officials, and calling… Read more »
Today, Congressman James R. Walkinshaw, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks (both D-Md.), and U.S. Representative Don Beyer (D-Va.) were joined by more than 60 of their colleagues in the Senate and House urging the Trump Administration to immediately reinstate any furloughed employees of agencies funded entirely by collected user fees and to resume their paychecks.… Read more »
Congressman James Walkinshaw (VA-11), joined by Reps. Shontel M. Brown (OH-11), Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC), Suhas Subramanyam (VA-10), and Eugene Simon Vindman (VA-7), demanded answers from Trump’s Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem regarding the reassignment and illegal removal of cybersecurity experts within the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity… Read more »
Today, Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (D-VA-11), U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD), and Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and U.S. Representatives Don Beyer (D-VA-08) and Steny Hoyer (D-MD-05) led their colleagues in sending a bipartisan letter to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought urging OMB to… Read more »
Today, Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (VA-11), a member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, released the following statement after a federal judge ordered the Trump Administration to immediately halt its illegal firing of federal employees during the ongoing Republican shutdown.“Today’s ruling is a victory for the rule of law and for the thousands of… Read more »
Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (VA-11), Member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, and Congressman Robert Garcia (CA-42), the Committee’s Ranking Member, today requested the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) to investigate whether President Trump and OMB Director Russ Vought’s directive ordering agencies to issue Reduction-in-Force (RIF) notices… Read more »
Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (VA-11) today announced that he has sent a letter to federal Inspectors General demanding investigations into the wasteful and inefficient workforce reductions initiated by President Donald Trump and Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought.Since February, the Trump administration has forced agencies to carry out mass reductions in force (RIFs).… Read more »
Today, Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (VA-11), a member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, released the following statement following reports that an illegal mass firing scheme has begun amidst a government shutdown. “If Russ Vought wants to end Trump’s shutdown, he should ask Speaker Johnson to end the Congressional Republican vacation and show up… Read more »
Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (VA-11) and Congressman Suhas Subramanyam (VA-10), members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Military and Foreign Affairs, today led 7 of their House colleagues in sending a letter to the U.S. State Department Office of Inspector General urging an investigation into the Trump Administration’s reckless dismantlement of the… Read more »
Today, the Democratic members of Virginia’s congressional delegation in the U.S. House of Representatives sent a letter to OMB Director Russ Vought clarifying that threats to withhold or cancel back pay to furloughed federal workers would be illegal. The letter was signed by Representatives James R. Walkinshaw (VA-11), Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (VA-08), Robert C.… Read more »
