Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (VA-11), founder and co-chair of the Federal Workforce Caucus, released the following statement in response to the Trump Administration’s latest action targeting the merit-based civil service.
"Today's action is another assault on the merit-based civil service. President Trump is taking another step toward purging… Read more »
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on June 3 transferring roughly 8,000 career federal positions into the newly created Schedule Policy/Career classification.
The move makes it easier for the Trump administration to fire employees in policy-making positions who are not carrying out their job duties effectively.
The order follows a final rule published by the Office of… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (VA-11) and Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) today introduced the Capitol Police Retirement Reform Act of 2026, legislation to count the overtime pay U.S. Capitol Police officers earn toward their federal pensions.
The U.S. Capitol Police is understaffed, and roughly 25 percent of the force is currently retirement eligible. Too often,… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (VA-11) issued the following statement after the Senate unanimously passed the Gerald E. Connolly Esophageal Cancer Awareness Act, sending Congressman Connolly’s final bill to the President’s desk. The House passed the bill in June 2025.
“One year ago today, esophageal cancer took Gerry Connolly’s life. But the fight against this… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representatives James Walkinshaw (VA-11), Suhas Subramanyam (VA-10), Don Beyer (VA-08), Steny Hoyer (MD-05), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Glenn Ivey (MD-04), April McClain Delaney (MD-06), Kweisi Mfume (MD-07), Jamie Raskin (MD-08), and Eugene Vindman (VA-07) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (VA-11), a Co-Chair of the Federal Workforce Caucus, released the following statement on the Caucus' inaugural meeting.
"I was proud to host the first official meeting of the Federal Workforce Caucus today alongside a bipartisan coalition of Members of Congress and Union leaders, who have been on the front lines fighting to… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (VA-11), a Co-Chair of the Federal Workforce Caucus and a Member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, released the following statement in response to Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought’s prepared testimony before the House Budget Committee advocating for President Trump’s Fiscal… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (VA-11) joined a group of his DMV colleagues in pressing the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Administrator Bryan Bedford for answers on two recent reports of equipment failure at the FAA Potomac Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) facility that caused evacuation of the facility, hospitalization of FAA personnel, and… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (VA-11), a Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, led three colleagues — Representatives Robert Garcia (CA-42), Ranking Member of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Kweisi Mfume (MD-07), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, and Suhas Subramanyam (VA-10) — in following up with… Read more »
House Democrats are doubling down on their investigation into the Trump administration’s management of the government’s retirement processing system, as some federal retirees remain without annuities months after submitting their applications.
In a letter sent Monday to Office of Personnel Management Director Scott Kupor, Democrats on the Oversight and Government Reform Committee pressed… Read more »
