Walkinshaw Slams Trump, Vought Over Reports of Illegal Mass Firing Scheme During Shutdown

Washington, DC, October 10, 2025

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 to negotiate a bipartisan budget. Any large-scale RIFs underway are flatly illegal. 

While Trump tries and fails to scare Democrats, millions of Americans are terrified of the health care crisis that Washington Republicans have created.”

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